Cropredy Bridge

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The Bridge at Cropredy was first built in 1312 and carries a road into a village of the same name beside the upper reaches of the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire. A new bridge was erected in the 1930s.

The Battle of Cropredy Bridge fought on 29 June 1644 during the English Civil War was the last battle won on English soil under the command of an English King.

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