What is recorded here
Battle of Hopton Heath is shown as a battlefield on the public map of Stafford. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Fought between Royalist and Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War in 1643, the Battle of Hopton Heath ended in a Royalist victory. The battle was significant as it allowed the Royalists to maintain control over Staffordshire and delayed Parliamentarian advances in the Midlands.
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