 | Three weeks before the Battle of Hastings (1066) King Harold defeated a Norwegian army at this crossing point on the River Derwent. The modern settlement of Stamford Bridge grew markedly in the later 20th century and little of the battlefield remains unde.. |
 | Thomas Earl of Lancaster's 1322 revolt against Edward II ended with defeat as his army attempted to retreat north and cross the River Ure. Much of the battlefield lies under modern Boroughbridge; further expansion is possible north of the river. |
 | High, bleak, arable land near Tadcaster was the scene of a ten-hour battle in March 1461 during the Wars of the Roses. 28,000 were said to have been killed. Still actively farmed and under the plough, the below-ground battlefield archaeology – artefacts a.. |
 | During the Civil Wars of the 1640s a Parliamentarian force attacked a Royalist army attempting to retreat to Bridgewater. Incremental development continues to impact on the battlefield. |
 | The Battle of Newburn Ford (1640) was the only battle of the Second Bishops War. The Scottish Army took Newcastle by defeating the English at this river crossing rather than attacking the northern defences of the city. The effect of the Scottish campaig.. |
| © Photograph reproduced by kind permission of the Battlefields Trust. |
 | Site of the 164 First Battle of Newbury (English Civil War) between Parliamentary and Royalist forces. This battle probably represented the best change King Charles ever had of winning the Civil War. It marked the turning point of the whole war and is a.. |
 | The 1643 battle during the English Civil Wars on moorland outside Bradford in which some 14,000 men fought gave control of the north of England to the Royalists. The battlefield faces various development pressures, notably from an industrial zone at its w.. |