07/12/13 Dressed in period uniforms and using replica weapons, 'soldiers' re-enact the Jacobite uprising of 1745 at Swarkestone Bridge Derbyshire. T
07/12/13 Dressed in period uniforms and using replica weapons, 'soldiers' re-enact the Jacobite uprising of 1745 at Swarkestone Bridge Derbyshire. The bridge on the River Trent marks the furthest southerly point the Jacobite army reached in 1745. The Jacobite Rebellion was led by Bonnie Prince Charlie. HIs army's advance party reached Swarkestone bridge, to gain control of the crossing of the Trent. Finding no reports of support from the south, they then on December 6th, turned back to Derby and then retreated to Scotland and final defeat at the Battle of Culloden. Swarkestone thereby being the most southerly point reached during that army's advance on London. In the Domesday Book, Swarkestone was held by the King (William the Conqueror) and by Henry de Ferrers. In the Battle of Swarkestone Bridge during the English Civil War (1643) it was defended by the Royalists against the Parliamentarians, but the outnumbered Cavaliers lost the bridge. Swarkstone bridge is just under a mile long and has 17 arches. It is the longest stone bridge in England, and the longest inland bridge in England. The ancient bridge at Swarkestone crosses the River Trent about 6 miles south of Derby and was for about 300 years the Midlands' main crossing of the Trent: The only crossing between Burton Upon Trent and Nottingham. It is currently Grade I Listed and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. All Rights Reserved - F Stop Press. Tel: +44 (0)1335 300098
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