Battle of Tipton Green, Henry Wilmot, and Basil Fielding blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Around this spot on 12 June 1644 was fought the Civil War Battle of Tipton Green between a Royalist army led by Lord Wilmot and a Parliamentary force commanded by the Earl of Denbigh. The result was inconclusive. Recorded plaque organisation: Tipton Civic Society.

The Battle of Tipton Green saw Royalist forces under Henry Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Elton, clash with Parliamentary troops led by Basil Fielding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh; the inconclusive outcome contributed to the complex dynamics of the English Civil War without decisively altering its course.