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The battle of Brentford, in reality only a skirmish, was fought on the 12th November 1642. Following the battle of Edgehill, and after taking Banbury and Oxford, the royalist armyeventually advanced on London along the Thames valley. On 12th a detachment attacked two parliamentarian regiments quartered in Brentford, that were covering the approach to London from the west. The battle primarily involved a fight through what was then thesmall townof Brentford, some 8 miles from the capital. The royalists were victorious but their army was delayed by the parliamentarian resistance and halted outside the town at nightfall. This allowed the parliamentary field army and London militia to form-up on Turnham Green and halt the King’s advance on London the next day.
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Brentford, as the name suggests, was built on a fording point on the River Brent. The town is named as Bregentforda at the time of the Council of Brentford 781 and as 'Bregentforda' and 'Brentforda' in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 1016. The root 'Bregent-', naming the river is thought to originate from the name of the Celtic goddess 'Brigantia', tutelary goddess of the Brigantes tribe (who didn't live in Brentford).
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Brentford was born for change. It had no choice, being slap bang on the junction between anyone or anything going in or out of London from the west and the old ford at Kew for anyone crossing the Thames. more
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