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
King John I
A Talk by Max Keen
King John: the worst king but the greatest legacy? Was King John really as bad as historyChildren in the English Civil Wars
Children in the English Civil Wars
A talk by Ismini Pells
Cromwell on Film
Speaker: Dr David Smith Dr David Smith is a noted historian at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, specialising in early modern British history, particularly
Major Diseases in Worcestershire during the Civil Wars
