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Dismantling Worcester Defences

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1651Date range
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Chronological records

1651

Oliver Cromwell4 September 1651

Worcester · Warfare / Civil War

Cromwell orders Worcester's walls pulled down and its defensive ditches filled after the Parliamentarian victory.

Names involved

Oliver Cromwell

Provenance

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