Historical place archive

South West England in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at South West England in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1651–1655

Historical events in South West England

1651

August 1651
Mobilization
John Disbrowe · Civil War

Disbrowe brings a Parliamentarian contingent from south-west England to reinforce Cromwell's expanding army for the Worcester campaign.

1655

1655
Interregnum
John Desborough · House of Stewart

Desborough governed several counties under the military system of major-generals.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and South West England. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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