Memorial Type:

Memorial - Plaque

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

Unknown

Inscription:

THE BARTHOMLEY
MASSACRE
THIS TOWER ARCH HAS WITNESSED A SCENE OF VIOLENT
BLOODSHED. ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1643, AFTER 18
MONTHS OF CIVIL WAR, 20 VILLAGERS TOOK REFUGE IN
THE CHURCH TOWER.
PLUNDERING ROYALIST TROOPS
PURSUED THEM, SMOKED THEM OUT WITH A FIRE OF
FLOOR RUSHED, MATS, AND SEATS, STRIPPED THE SURREN-
DERING VILLAGERS NAKED AND MURDERED OR WOUNDED
ALL BUT THREE

Allegiance:

Neutral

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

Unseen

Memorial Notes:

See:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3436

Hudson, G. (2009). Northern Civil War Atrocity at Barthomley Church, 1643, Revisited. Northern History, 46(2), 329–332. https://doi.org/10.1179/174587009X452378

https://www.olivercromwell.org/barthomley.htm