Events

Brentford and Turnham Green 1642

Saturday 21st January 2017

Simon Marsh and Dr Stephen Porter will talk about the battles of Brentford and Turnham Green.  They will describe John Hampden’s decisive role in blunting the royalist attack on London in November1642 in the midst of peace negotiations and the impact the assault had on both sides’ perception of the war. 

Simon Marsh is the Battlefields Trust Research Coordinator and Mercia Region Chair.  He co-authored Battle for London (Amberley, 2010) about the Edgehill campaign and the royalist attack on London in 1642 with Dr Stephen Porter.  He has written about the Civil War for the Journal of Army Historical Research and Pike and Shot Society. 

Battlefields Trust member Dr Stephen Porter worked for the Survey of London until his retirement.  He co-authored Battle for London with Simon Marsh and has written extensively on London’s history, including The Great Fire of London, The London Charterhouse, Shakespeare’s London and Pepys’s London.

Saturday 21st January 2017 at 2:30pm at the Bucks County Musuem, Church Street, Aylesbury, HP20 2QP

Tickets £7.50 or £25 for all four talks are available from the Bucks County Musuem and can be booked via the following website: http://www.buckscountymuseum.org/museum/events/271/brentford-and-turnham-green-decisive-intervention/

For further information.

• Contact name : Simon Marsh
• Contact email : mercia@battlefieldstrust.com
• Contact phone : 07742-958888
• Also see : Bucks County Musuem booking page