Battles in Somerset
6 battles fought in Somerset (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 Somerset?
This site maps 6 battles in Somerset, from the Battle of Badon (500) to the Wincanton Skirmish (1688).
How many battlefields in Somerset are officially listed?
2 of them are on the Historic England Register of Historic Battlefields: Battle of Langport, Battle of Sedgemoor. Their official boundaries are drawn on each battlefield page.
All battles in Somerset
- Battle of Badon 500Anglo-Saxon settlement of England
- Battle of Cynwit 878Viking activity in the British Isles
- Battle of Marshall's Elm 1642civil-wars
- Battle of Langport 1645First English Civil War · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Sedgemoor 1685Monmouth Rebellion · officially listed battlefield
- Wincanton Skirmish 1688Glorious Revolution
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.