Events

Wars of the Roses Memorial Database Launch Event

Wednesday 15 October 2025

Delapré Abbey, London Rd, Northampton NN4 8AW

2pm, Wednesday, 15 October 2025

The Wars of the Roses Memorial Database is a crowd-sourced digital repository of memorials that commemorate the events of and participants in the Wars of the Roses. From battlefields to burials, memorial churches to commemorative plaques, the database is a valuable resource available to everyone – from historians and academics to battlefield enthusiasts and the historically curious.

Held at Delepré Abbey, site of the battle of Northampton on 10 July 1460, when Yorkist forces led by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, defeated the Lancastrians and captured King Henry VI.

We’ll be showcasing the database – 150 entries so far and growing – and demonstrating its use and growth potential

Presentations by:

Simon Marsh, Battlefield Research and Threats Coordinator, Battlefields Trust
David Grummitt, Open University.

Opportunity to tour the Battle of Northampton battle site

Places are free but limited, so if you would like to attend please RSVP to wotrmemorials@battlefieldstrust.com by 10 October 2025. A reserve list will be maintained in case those who have secured a ticket drop out.

The event will also be live streamed so if you would like a link to the streaming please contact wotrmemorials@battlefieldstrust.com by 13 October 2025.

The Wars of the Roses Memorial Database is brought to you by the Battlefields Trust, the Mortimer History Society, the Northamptonshire Battlefields Society, the Richard III Society, the Tewkesbury Battlefield Society and the Yorkist History Trust.