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The obvious question is, therefore, did soldiers on either side pass through the town and leave evidence of their presence? In fact, it is more than likely that the cannonballs were inadvertently left by royalist troops under Sir Ralph Hopton, en route to Bath. It is widely assumed that Hopton’s army, having rendezvoused with that of William Seymour, Marquess of Hertford, crossed the Avon at Barton Bridge in Bradford, 2 July 1643, and that they then followed the side of the valley. This is the bridge we sometimes refer to as the “pack-horse bridge”, although this name is actually erroneous because it was wide enough to take carts.


We know that Hopton’s troops were then involved in a slight skirmish at Warleigh, approximately three miles east of Bath, and that they camped at Batheaston, before engaging with the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller, at the battle of Lansdown, 5 July 1643.


The tragic consequences and absurdity of Civil War are perhaps


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all too clear when we read the letter written by Sir William Waller to Sir Ralph Hopton a few days after the battle, in which Waller regrets the two men were on opposite sides in the “detestable” war and claims; I shall never willingly relinquish the dear title of your affectionate friend.


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