Robert Duckenfield blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Duckenfield 1619-1689 Robert Duckenfield of Dukinfield Hall, a man of great Puritan faith, distinguished himself in battle for the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. In 1651 he commanded the forces which secured the Isle of Man and in 1653 was appointed to Cromwell's "Little Parliament" Recorded plaque organisation: Tameside Metropolitan Borough.

Lt. Colonel Robert Duckenfield served prominently during the English Civil War on behalf of the Parliamentary forces, securing the Isle of Man in 1651 and later serving in Cromwell's "Little Parliament" in 1653.