1645 September 24th. Rowton Heath.

1645 September 24th. Battle of Rowton Heath, took place at Rowton, near of city of Chester in England, late in the English civil war, resulted in a decisive Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by Charles I as a result of his defeat, Charles I was prevented from relieving the besieged city of Chester, and subsequently marching north to join the Royalists in Scotland under General James Graham (Marquess of Montrose) (a move which would in any case have proved fruitless).
The Campaign. After the destruction of his main army at the decisive Battle of Naseby on June 14th.1645. Charles I made several attempts to break through an encirclement by Parliamentarian and Scots Covenanter armies into the north of England.