Battle of Winnington Bridge

Battle of Winnington Bridge
Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
A plaque on the modern bridge commemorating the battle
Date 26 March 1644 Location Winnington Bridge, Barnton, Northwich (A533 over the River Weaver) Result Roundhead (Parliamentary) victory
Belligerents
Roundheads (Parliamentarians)	Cavaliers
Commanders and leaders
General John Lambert	Sir George Booth
Strength
5,000	4,000
Casualties and losses
one	Thirty
class=notpageimage| Location within North West of England

At the Battle of Winnington Bridge (19 August 1659) a Parliamentary army of 5,000 men under the command of General John Lambert defeated a rebel Royalist army of 4,000 men under the command of Sir George Booth.

References

• Churchill, Winston (1931), A History Of The English Speaking Peoples, vol. 2, London: Educational Book Company, p. 277
• Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1886), "Booth, George (1622-1684)" , in Stephen, Leslie (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 5, London: Smith, Elder & Co, p. 378
• Royle, Trevor (2006) [2004], Civil War; The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638–1660, London: Abucus, ISBN 978-0-349-11564-1