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Sir Bevil Grenville Monument

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A monument commemorating Sir Bevil Grenville, who commanded a Royalist troop of Cornish soldiers at the Battle of Lansdown, in 1643.

Grenville was born in 1596. He was the grandson of Sir Richard Grenville, Elizabethan naval hero. In 1642 he raised a troop of Cornish infantrymen and led them in several of the early Civil War battles. On 4 July, 1643, Grenville led his men in the Batle of Lansdown, where the Parliamentary forces under General Waller were forced to withdraw. Grenville was mortally wounded in the battle and died the following day. He is buried at Kilkhampton.

The monument was built in 1720 of ashlar and slate.
Wick, Somerset, England

About Sir Bevil Grenville Monument
Attraction Type: Historic Property - Monument
Location: Open access site. Off a minor road north of Lansdown village and 4 miles north of Bath.
Website: Sir Bevil Grenville Monument
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