Naseby Monument
Other memorial · At National Grid Reference Sp 6937 7842, Naseby, Northamptonshire
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At National Grid Reference Sp 6937 7842
At National Grid Reference Sp 6937 7842, Naseby, NorthamptonshireInscription
TO COMMEMORATE THAT GREAT AND DECISIVE BATTLE FOUGHT IN THIS FIELD ON THE XIV DAY OF JUNE MDCXLV BETWEEN THE ROYALIST ARMY COMMANDED BY HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES THE FIRST AND THE PARLIAMENT FORCES HEADED BY THE GENERALS FAIRFAX AND CROMWELL WHICH TERMINATED FATALLY FOR THE ROYAL CAUSE LED TO THE SUBVERSION OF THE THRONE THE ALTAR, AND THE CONSTITUTION, AND FOR YEARS PLUNGED THIS NATION INTO THE HORRORS OF ANARCHY AND CIVIL WAR LEAVING A USEFUL LESSON TO BRITISH KINGS NEVER TO EXCEED THE BOUNDS OF THEIR JUST PEROGATIVE AND TO BRITISH SUBJECTS NEVER TO SWERVE FROM THE ALLEGIANCE DUE TO THEIR LEGITIMATE MONARCH THIS PILLAR WAS ERECTED BY JOHN AND MARY FRANCES FITZGERALD LORD AND LADY OF THE MANOR OF NASEBY A.D. MDCCCXXIII
The names (5)
Every name, in the order and spelling engraved. What the stone says about each person is beneath their name; nothing has been added from other records.
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King Charles
KING CHARLES THE FIRST
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Naseby Monument (At National Grid Reference Sp 6937 7842, Naseby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 1, "KING CHARLES THE FIRST"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2184/ : accessed 9 November 2026).
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General Fairfax
FAIRFAX
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Naseby Monument (At National Grid Reference Sp 6937 7842, Naseby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 2, "FAIRFAX"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2185/ : accessed 9 November 2026).
Permanent link: https://pastonstone.com/name/2185/
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General Cromwell
CROMWELL
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Naseby Monument (At National Grid Reference Sp 6937 7842, Naseby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 3, "CROMWELL"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2186/ : accessed 9 November 2026).
Permanent link: https://pastonstone.com/name/2186/
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John Fitzgerald
JOHN FITZGERALD
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Naseby Monument (At National Grid Reference Sp 6937 7842, Naseby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 4, "JOHN FITZGERALD"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2187/ : accessed 9 November 2026).
Permanent link: https://pastonstone.com/name/2187/
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Mary Frances Fitzgerald
MARY FRANCES FITZGERALD
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Naseby Monument (At National Grid Reference Sp 6937 7842, Naseby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 5, "MARY FRANCES FITZGERALD"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2188/ : accessed 9 November 2026).
Permanent link: https://pastonstone.com/name/2188/
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About this memorial
- Erected
- 1823