1651

A Pivotal Moment

in British History

“When your wives and children shall ask you where you have been, and what news: say you have been at Worcester, where England’s sorrows began and where they are happily ended” – Hugh Peter/s – Preacher who supported the Parliamentarians.

A battle that changed

everything

The English Civil Wars killed a higher proportion of the British population than any other war in British history. One in ten of the male population died, more than three times the proportion who died in World War I, and five times the proportion than in World War II.

Annual Review

Hear from

Expert speakers

We are proud to welcome many distinguished speakers to the Battle of Worcester Society, talking on various elements of the battle and surrounding interests.

Our upcoming

Events

The Stewart History Festival

Hear ye! Dr Erica Canela, Mark Turnbull, and I are very pleased to announce the first-ever history

The Blood in Winter – A Nation Descends

£3.00£7.00

Jonathan will be talking about his latest book. After years of tension between a king and his people, in 1641 England reaches a semblance of

Ravenous

£3.00£7.00

Barbara Villiers was a woman so beautiful, so magnetic and so sexually attractive that she captured the hearts of many in Stuart-era Britain. Her beauty

A members only social event at Norton Croquet Club

£5.00

Play some croquet and have some refreshment. Details TBC. Members/family/friends only

Tyrant, Traitor, Rebel: The Life of John Bradshaw

£3.00£7.00

John Bradshaw’s name has survived as that of the ruthless murderer who sentenced Charles I to death in January 1649, but that is not the

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