Programme of Events
Saturday 13th June 2015 – Mill Hill
Noon | The Battlefield and Living History Camps will open to the public. (There will be two living history camps – one representing the Parliament Baggage Trayne, and the other demonstrating seventeenth century life). There will also be exhibitions and displays from the Naseby Battlefield Project, and other charities and heritage organisations. |
1.30pm | Pre-battle display 1 – Sulby Hedge (Reenacting the very start of the battle when Colonel Okey’s Parliamentary Dragoons fired into the flanks of the Royalist Cavalry forcing them to start their charge into the Parliamentary cavalry). |
2.15pm | Pre-battle display 2 – Parliament Baggage Trayne (The Royalist Cavalry charge the length of the field and engage the camp which is defended by the Artillery Guard of Firelocks under the command of Captain-Lieutenant Desborough). |
2.45pm | The Field Armies arrive at Mill Hill and prepare the large formations that are typical of the seventeenth century battlefield. |
3 pm | The Battle of Naseby 1645 – over 1,000 Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry troops will recreate the battle of the 14th June 1645 |
4.30pm | The Parliament victory is complete, and both armies reform into Brigade / Tertio formations to march off in large blocks of troops with each brigade / tertio presenting massed drums and colours for the march back to camp. |
5.30pm | The Battlefield and Living History Camps close. |
Sunday 14th June 2015 – Mill Hill
Noon | The Battlefield and Living History Camps will open to the public. (There will be two living history camps – one representing the Parliament Baggage Trayne, and the other demonstrating seventeenth century life). There will also be exhibitions and displays from the Naseby Battlefield Project, and other charities and heritage organisations. |
1.30pm | Pre-battle display 1 – Sulby Hedge (Reenacting the very start of the battle when Colonel Okey’s Parliamentary Dragoons fired into the flanks of the Royalist Cavalry forcing them to start their charge into the Parliamentary cavalry). |
2.15pm | Pre-battle display 2 – Parliament Baggage Trayne (The Royalist Cavalry charge the length of the field and engage the camp which is defended by the Artillery Guard of Firelocks under the command of Captain-Lieutenant Desborough). |
2.45pm | The Field Armies arrive at Mill Hill and prepare the large formations that are typical of the seventeenth century battlefield. |
3 pm | The Battle of Naseby 1645 – over 1,000 Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry troops will recreate the battle of the 14th June 1645 |
4.30pm | The Parliament victory is complete, and both armies reform into Brigade / Tertio formations to march off in large blocks of troops with each brigade / tertio presenting massed drums and colours for the march back to camp. |
5.30pm | The Battlefield and Living History Camps close. |