Further reading on the battle
SECONDARY WORKS
Boroughbridge, because such a small action, is omitted by many of the books on British battles. There are however two detailed and reasonably well referenced discussions. That from the late 19th century by Leadman is still the most detailed account of the battle, including references, which also includes a great deal of ancillary information about the context and consequences of the battle. The most important discussion is however that in the unpublished English Heritage battlefield report.
The fairly extensive discussion in Barrett is wholly unreferenced but appears to be drawn almost solely from Leadman. The modern works by Clark and by Warner are fairly extensive and readable accounts, but neither are referenced. The Getmapping volume provides an excellent modern aerial view of the battlefield, but one that does not extend far enough eastward to encompass the suggested site of the ford. The remaining works add little to our understanding of the battle.
- Barrett Charles Raymond and Traill Henry, Battles and Battlefields in England, London, Innes & Co., 1896 58-67.
- Clark, Battlefield Walks : North, 1995 25-36.
- English Heritage, Register of Historic Battlefields, London, English Heritage, 1995-
- English Heritage, Battlefield Report: Boroughbridge 1322, English Heritage, 1995.
- Getmapping, British Battles: Amazing Views, 2002 34-35.
- Green, Guide to the battlefields of Britain and Ireland, London, Constable, 1973 62-65.
- Guest and Guest, British Battles, 1996 36-37.
- Kinross, Discovering battlefields of England, Princes Risborough, Shire, 1989 23.
- Marix Evans, The Military Heritage of Britain & Ireland, 1998 153.
Other works which are or may be relevant for the battle or the historic terrain but which have not been consulted:
- Anon, The tourist's companion : being a concise description and history of Ripon, Studley Park, Fountains Abbey, Hackfall, Brimham Craggs, Newby Hall, Boroughbridge, Aldborough, Knaresbrough, Plumpton, Harrogate, Harewood House and Bolton priory; T. Langdale ... 1818
- Anon, The Stranger's Guide; being a concise history and description of Boroughbridge, the Devil's Arrows, and the Roman antiquities, at Aldborough. Boroughbridge, John Mitchell, 1846
- Cummins, Forgotten fights, [Leeds], s.n., 1900
- Haverfield, Excursion to Kirkby Hill, Boroughbridge and Aldborough : Wednesday, September 9th, 1903 : programme and arrangements, Wakefield, Printed by R. Dodgson, 1903
- Lawson-Tancred, Records of a Yorkshire manor, London, E. Arnold, 1937
- Lawson-Tancred, A guide book to the antiquities of Aldborough and Boroughbridge and a short account of their history, Boroughbridge, J. Topham & Son, 1948
- Tout, The Tactics of the Battles of Boroughbridge and Morlaix, 1904, 711-715.
- Turner, History of Aldborough and Boroughbridge : containing an account of the Roman antiquities, Devil's arrows, churches, halls, and other curiosities, London ; Boroughbridge, A. Hall Virtue and co., 1853
WEB LINKS
There are various minor sources on the web relating to the battle of Boroughbridge. For a copy of the report provided by Harrogate District Council on battlefields in the District, which covers Boroughbridge, Marston Moor and Myton, CLICK HERE
