Edgehill

Edgehill, a height upon the borders of Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, 14 miles S.E. of Warwick. Here took place the first battle of the Civil War, on October 23, 1642. Prince Rupert neutralised the advantage which a brilliant cavalry charge had gained for the Royalists by pursuing the broken wing and leaving the rest of his army to be worsted by the unbroken wing of the Parliamentarians. Charles I. commanded on the Royalist side, and Lord Essex upon the other. In 1760 a tower was built to commemorate the battle.