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Battle of Winceby - 1643
Royalists: Sir William Widdrington
Parliamentarians: Earl of Manchester, Oliver Cromwell
Result: Parliamentarian victory
Location: Winceby, Lincolnshire
The Battle of Winceby took place on 11 October 1643 during the English Civil War near the village of Winceby, about 4 miles (6 km) east of Horncastle. During the summer of 1643, the Royalists laid plans to win the war by marching on London. However, before this could be contemplated, it would be necessary for them to defeat the Parliamentarian forces holding Kingston upon Hull and Plymouth otherwise, as the Royalist forces moved on London, the garrisons of those two towns could sortie out and attack the Royalist rear areas.
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