What is recorded here
Newburn Ford 1640 is shown as a battlefield on the public map of Newcastle upon Tyne. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Cavaliers (Royalists) under Lord Hopton defeated Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller at Newburn Ford in April 1640. The battle was a minor engagement during the lead-up to the English Civil War, demonstrating the growing tensions between Royalist and Parliamentarian forces in the north of England.
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