Battles in Lancashire
5 battles fought in Lancashire (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 Lancashire?
This site maps 5 battles in Lancashire, from the Battle of Brunanburh (937) to the Battle of Preston (1715).
How many battlefields in Lancashire are officially listed?
None of them are on the Historic England Register of Historic Battlefields.
All battles in Lancashire
- Battle of Brunanburh 937Viking activity in the British Isles
- Battle of Clitheroe 1138The Anarchy
- Battle of Ormskirk 1644English Civil War
- Battle of Preston 1648Second English Civil War
- Battle of Preston 1715Jacobite rising of 1715
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.