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The Battle of Lansdown

Lansdown Hill, near Bath

Cornish pikemen stormed a hill, and their hero fell at the top.

In July 1643 a royalist army, including tough Cornish infantry, attacked Parliament's army dug in on Lansdown Hill above Bath. The Cornishmen fought their way up the steep slope.

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When
5 July 1643
Where
51.4200, -2.4000
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

Sir Bevil Grenville's monument stands beside the road on Lansdown.

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