Biggs and Piggen stone plaque

This stone commemorative plaque records: To the memory of Private Biggs and Private Piggen executed like their Leveller colleagues at Burford by forces loyal to Cromwell. They were shot near this place for their part in the second mutiny of the Oxford Garrison on 18th September 1649 Recorded plaque organisation: Oxford Industrial Branch Workers' Educational Association.

Pte. Biggs and Pte. Piggen were members of the Levellers, a radical political movement during the English Civil War, executed for rebelling against Cromwell's forces in 1649; their deaths highlight the internal conflicts within the Parliamentarian army over democratic reforms.