<Ul> <Li> 1st Hull </Li> <Li> Portsmouth </Li> <Li> Powick Bridge </Li> <Li> Kings Norton </Li> <Li> Edgehill </Li> <Li> Aylesbury </Li> <Li> Brentford </Li> <Li> Chichester </Li> <Li> Turnham Green </Li> <Li> Braddock Down </Li> <Li> Leeds </Li> <Li> 1st Middlewich </Li> <Li> Hopton Heath </Li> <Li> Seacroft Moor </Li> <Li> Camp Hill </Li> <Li> Lichfield </Li> <Li> Reading </Li> <Li> Ripple Field </Li> <Li> Sourton Down </Li> <Li> Stratton </Li> <Li> Wakefield </Li> <Li> 1st Worcester </Li> <Li> Chalgrove Field </Li> <Li> Adwalton Moor </Li> <Li> Burton Bridge </Li> <Li> Lansdowne </Li> <Li> Roundway Down </Li> <Li> 1st Bristol </Li> <Li> Gainsborough </Li> <Li> Gloucester </Li> <Li> Aldbourne Chase </Li> <Li> 1st Newbury </Li> <Li> 2nd Hull </Li> <Li> Heptonstall </Li> <Li> Winceby </Li> <Li> Olney </Li> <Li> Basing House </Li> <Li> Alton </Li> <Li> 2nd Middlewich </Li> <Li> Nantwich </Li> <Li> Lathom </Li> <Li> Newark </Li> <Li> Boldon Hill </Li> <Li> Stourbridge Heath </Li> <Li> Cheriton </Li> <Li> Selby </Li> <Li> Lyme Regis </Li> <Li> York </Li> <Li> Lincoln </Li> <Li> Bolton </Li> <Li> Tipton Green </Li> <Li> Cropredy Bridge </Li> <Li> Marston Moor </Li> <Li> Ormskirk </Li> <Li> Lostwithiel </Li> <Li> Montgomery </Li> <Li> 2nd Newbury </Li> <Li> Taunton </Li> <Li> Scarborough </Li> <Li> Naseby </Li> <Li> Langport </Li> <Li> 2nd Bristol </Li> <Li> Chester </Li> <Li> Rowton Heath </Li> <Li> Torrington </Li> <Li> Stow - on - the - Wold </Li> <Li> Newark </Li> <Li> Oxford </Li> <Li> 2nd Worcester </Li> </Ul> <Li> Stow - on - the - Wold </Li> <P> The Battle of Edgehill (or Edge Hill) was the first pitched battle of the First English Civil War . It was fought near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire on Sunday, 23 October 1642 . </P> <P> All attempts at constitutional compromise between King Charles and Parliament broke down early in 1642 . Both King and Parliament raised large armies to gain their way by force of arms . In October, at his temporary base near Shrewsbury, King Charles decided to march on London in order to force a decisive confrontation with Parliament's main army, commanded by the Earl of Essex . </P>

The first battle of the english civil war