Battle of Bramber Bridge

Battle of Bramber Bridge
Part of the First English Civil War
The modern bridge over the River Adur at Bramber
Date 13 December 1643 Location Bramber, West Sussex 50°52′58″N 0°18′24″W / 50.882662°N 0.306651°W / 50.882662; -0.306651 Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Joseph Bampfield Sir William Butler	Captain Morely Sir Michael Livesey Captain James Temple
Strength
600	2,000
Casualties and losses
8-9 killed[1]	1 killed 1 captured[1]

Arundel

Bramber

Lewes

Midhurst

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West Sussex; key locations 1643

The Battle of Bramber Bridge was a minor skirmish that took place on 13 December 1643, during the First English Civil War. A Royalist detachment from Arundel attempted to secure the bridge over the River Adur at Bramber in West Sussex, but found a Parliamentarian force already in possession.

The Royalists attempted to find another crossing point, but were ordered back to Arundel, after learning of the loss of Alton the same night.