Conflict: | Battle of Olney Bridge |
Partof: | the First English Civil War |
Date: | 4 November 1643 |
Place: | Olney, Buckinghamshire |
Result: | Parliamentarian victory |
Combatant1: | Royalists |
Combatant2: | Parliamentarians |
Commander1: | Prince Rupert |
The Battle of Olney Bridge was a skirmish that occurred on 4 November 1643[1] during the First English Civil War just outside the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire. In the engagement, Royalist forces attacked Parliamentarian forces holding the Olney bridge, but were driven off by a counter-attack.[2]
The Olney bridge where the battle took place remains in place, along with a memorial to the dead.