You Are Here - Naseby Battlefield Trail, Naseby Obelisk - Naseby, Northamptonshire
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A You Are Here map and information board at the Naseby Obelisk on the Naseby Battlefield Trail.
Waymark Code: WM106Q6
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/09/2019
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A You Are Here map and information board at the Naseby Obelisk on the Naseby Battlefield Trail.
"The Naseby Battlefield Project has created a battlefield trail which will take you to all the key parts of the approach, the battlefield itself and the Royalist retreat. At each of these spots shown on the below map, there is at least one information panel and where possible a viewing platform, to give you the best possible view of the terrain."
SOURCE - (visit link) [with map and audio clips about the battle]
The board tells us:
"The decisive battle of the English Civil War was fought in the fields of Naseby, Sulby, Sibberstoft and Clipsham parishes on Saturday 14 June 1645. The Parliamentarian New Model Army (visit link) , under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax (visit link) , defeated the Royalist army, commanded by King Charles I (visit link) and Prince Rupert of the Rhine (visit link) .
Naseby Windmill - The Obelisk:
Patrols clashed on the evening of 13 June in Naseby village. Early on Saturday 14 June Fairfax marched the New Model Army north from Guilsborough towards Naseby to meet here, at Naseby windmill. The wheeled transport, the baggage and artillery trains had to stay on the primitive roads to avoid getting stuck in the mud. The foot and horse would have chosen their own routes. The regiments were then ordered into 'battalia', their fighting formation. No one knew if they were going into battle or if they were to continue their pursuit of the royalist army through Market Harborough amd beyond. Would King Charles stand and fight?
By 8:00 am King Charles and Rupert had moved the royal army to a ridge between East Farndon and Little Oxendon. From there this position cannot be seen. Similarly the view north from the windmill is limited by the rising ground, so Fairfax and his commander of horse, Oliver Cromwell, had to ride to the edge of the steep hill overlooking Clipston to look for their enemies. Fairfax's view can be visited by going north on this road beyond the modern A14, from where the Royalists were in clear view."