Fairfax's View
Introduction
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Fairfax's View
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 21 Aug 2022
This was an important location in the Battle of Naseby of 1645 when the Parliamentarian New Model Army, under Sir Thomas Fairfax, decisively defeated Prince Rupert's Royalists, effectively bringing to an end the English Civil War. On the morning of 14th June Fairfax moved his army from Naseby Windmill (a site now commemorated with an obelisk) to this nearby vantage point. From here there was a clear view of the Royalist forces drawn up on the ridge across the valley. In those days the view would have been clearer without the hedgerows and woods we see now. A platform has been erected here so that the public can have a better idea of what the Parliamentarian commanders would have seen, together with interpretation boards and a small car park.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.405561
Longitude
-0.975989