Historical place archive

Perry Wood in History

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

4 records3 event labels3 people1651–1651

Historical events in Perry Wood

1651

29 August 1651
Attack on Parliamentarian Battery
John Middleton · Civil War

Middleton leads part of a fifteen-hundred-man Royalist sortie against the Parliamentarian artillery, but the attack fails.

29 August 1651
Attack on Parliamentarian Battery
Keith · Civil War

Keith joins the Royalist sortie against Cromwell's artillery positions after bombardment of Worcester begins.

3 September 1651
Charge at Perry Wood
William Hamilton · Civil War

Hamilton leads Royalist and Scottish troops in a determined charge against Parliamentarian positions around Perry Wood.

3 September 1651
Wounding at Perry Wood
William Hamilton · Civil War

Hamilton is mortally wounded during the Royalist counterattack at Perry Wood and is carried back into Worcester.

Provenance

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