Historical place archive

Whitchurch in History

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

2 records2 event labels2 people1403–1643

Historical events in Whitchurch

1403

July 1403
Burial
Henry "Hotspur" Percy · House of Percy

Buried in the family chapel

1643

1643
Capture of Whitchurch
William Brereton · Civil War

Brereton captures Whitchurch during his Cheshire campaign and disrupts Royalist movement between the Midlands and north Wales.

Provenance

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