Battle of Winceby

Battle of Winceby
	Part of the First English Civil War
	; Parliamentary cavalry at a; re-enactment of the Battle of Winceby
Date	11 October 1643
Location	Winceby, Lincolnshire
Result	Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Sir William Widdrington; Sir John Henderson; Sir William Savile	Earl of Manchester; Oliver Cromwell
Strength
c. 2,500–3,000 horse	c. 3,000 horse; c. 2,000 foot
Casualties and losses
200–300; 800 taken prisoner	c. 20 killed

53°12.1′N 0°1.9′W

Winceby

Hull

King's Lynn

Barton

Lincoln

Bolingbroke Castle

Horncastle

Lincolnshire and Winceby

The Battle of Winceby took place on 11 October 1643 during the First English Civil War near the village of Winceby, Lincolnshire. In the battle, a Royalist relieving force under the command of Sir William Widdrington was defeated by the Parliamentarian cavalry of the Earl of Manchester.

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