The Battle of Worcester 1651

The Worcester Re-enactors bring history to life, showing off costumes and weapons at Worcester Cathedral on Saturday 21st February.

The year is 1651. The Battle of Worcester was the final battle of the English Civil War. Oliver Cromwell and the Parliamentarians defeated the Royalist forces of King Charles II. The 16,000 Royalist forces were overwhelmed by the 28,000 strong "New Model Army" of Cromwell.



Filmed and edited by James Atkinson, JDA Media
www.jda-media.co.uk


A note from the editor:

In this video you have to imagine that an army of 44,000 was at Worcester Cathedral. Please note that cars would not have been parked on the battle field in 1651.

This version of the video uses copyrighted music. A copyright free version of this film will be available.

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[BassDudeBear]

Man that preacher is GOOD.

[dmax631]

john adams was overcome with emotion when he visited Worcester battlefield

[LASTINLIVE]

Great acting . Worcester is a great place , and is full of history. I just found a cannon ball [ small ] in the garden to my cottage in malvern.

[jsarkar339]

funny to think that this particular fight was just us messing around before the tour, a goo event to go to is Basing house in April

[GWRtom]

wow just wow this is one of the best civil war reanctments i have ever seen 5*

[Jamess1472]

Brilliant, great event