1645 10th July
Battle of Langport
Cromwell's cavalry contributes to Parliament's victory over Goring's forces at Langport.
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Battle of Langport
A New Model Army victory during the western campaign. This page combines historical context with 6 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database English Civil War archive.
Historical context
Battle of Langport: overview and significance
What happened?
Parliamentarian forces defeated a Royalist army at Langport in July 1645 during the campaign to reduce the king's remaining strength in the west.
Why was it important?
Langport helped open the south-west to the New Model Army after Naseby and contributed to the collapse of organised Royalist resistance in the region.
World History Database records
Battle of Langport timeline
The records below are selected from the 1,090-record English Civil War archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1645
1645 10th July
Battle of Langport
Fairfax boldly attacks Gorings strong defences at the Battle of Langport
1645 10th July
Battle of Langport
Fairfax defeats Goring's Royalist army and opens the west of England to Parliamentarian advance.
1645 10th July
Battle of Langport
Fairfax defeats the last major Royalist field army in the west at Langport and continues the New Model Army's advance.
1645 10th July
Battle of Langport
Suffers a defeat by Fairfax & Cromwell. Fairfax boldly attacks Gorings strong defences at the Battle of Langport
1646
1646 10th July
Battle of Langport
Commands the New Model Army to victory over Goring, a final blow to the Royalist cause
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Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database English Civil War records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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