Battles in Gloucestershire
6 battles fought in Gloucestershire (England), in date order. Every battle is on the map; click one for its official boundary (where there is one), date and history.
What battles were fought in Gloucestershire?
This site maps 6 battles in Gloucestershire, from the Battle of Deorham (577) to the Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold (1646).
How many battlefields in Gloucestershire are officially listed?
3 of them are on the Historic England Register of Historic Battlefields: Battle of Tewkesbury, Battle of Lansdown Hill, Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold. Their official boundaries are drawn on each battlefield page.
All battles in Gloucestershire
- Battle of Deorham 577Anglo-Saxon settlement of England
- Battle of Cirencester 628anglo-saxon
- Battle of Nibley Green 1469roses
- Battle of Tewkesbury 1471Wars of the Roses · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Lansdown Hill 1643First English Civil War · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold 1646English Civil War · officially listed battlefield
Counties: ceremonial counties in England (Yorkshire as the whole historic county), council areas in Scotland, principal areas in Wales and counties in Ireland, assigned from each battle’s map position using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain). Battles near a border may fall on the other side.