Memorial Type:

Information Board

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

Unknown

Inscription:

St. Bertoline’s Tower
…On the inside, under the tower, a massacre
took place. This was in 1643 when the
Royalists burned forms, rushes and mats to
smoke out the villagers seeking shelter in the
tower but 12 of the villagers who surrendered
were brutally murdered.

Allegiance:

Neutral

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Viewed 2024

Memorial Notes:

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

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.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3436