The Google Map below shows the the possible battle lines of Royalist and Parliamentarian forces, according the accounts listed below. The table shows how quotes have been used to identify locations.
Map
Source documents
Winn poem
https://weltonlemarsh.com/2025/06/04/why-did-welton-le-marsh-church-fall-down/
Tyack (Alford Fight, Bygone Lincolnshire)
https://weltonlemarsh.com/2026/05/07/alford-fight-by-george-tyack/
Bateman 2 (full version, Louth and North Lincs Advertiser)
Royalist order of battle
| Name / Facing / Source | Left | Centre | Right | Quote |
| Hanby – North (Winn) | Holy Well Farm | Hanby Park | Bilsby Carr | To Hanby Park, near Alford Town. His “right” and “left” extending far As “Holy Farm” from “Bilsby Carr”. [opposite facing recorded by Bateman] |
| Hanby – South (Bateman) | Bilsby Carr | Hanby Park | Holy Well Farm | left resting on Billsby Carr their right stretched to, and resting on, the Holywell farm which was protected by swamps in the rear and a wood of which a fragment yet remains, on their flank. |
| Hanby – South? (Tyack) | Holy Well Farm | Bilsby Carr | the south side of the town, one wing at Bilsby, the other at Holy Well Farm. The low ground round the latter position was at that time but ill-drained, right wing of the Royal army was vigorously assailed by the troopers of Moody of Scremby, and Payne of Burgh, and completely routed ; numbers perished in the swamp | |
| Marmaduke Langdale & Monckton (Winn) | The “right”, [Of the Royalist line] or Marmaduke’s [Langdale] brigade, Sir Philip Monkton’s flag display’d; Langdale’s brigade mov’d to the front To start the fight or bear the brunt While Langdale’s men sustain’d the fight, Moody, advancing from the right [Of the Royalist line] Cut through the line — horses and men In panic rush’d through Ancroft Fen, Where in the swamps the wounded fell; The rest before him fled pall-mell | |||
| Cavendish – ? (Winn) | Cavan was summoned to his post, And thus dispos’d the royal host — | |||
| Cavendish (Bateman 2) | Alford | Cavendish having rejoined his army, found his front furiously assailed on the centre by Fairfax. Cavendish’s right wing which was formed by Sir Marmaduke’s brigade commanded by Sir Philip Monckton. | ||
| Penruddock – ? (Winn) | Alford | Penruddocks regiment was thrown Forward, to succour Alford town; |
Parliament order of battle
| Name / Facing / Source | Left | Centre | Right | Quote |
| Payne, Moody – North (Bateman 2) | Alford | Payne (Who was a Burgh man) and Moody of Scremby, who had three troops of horse afterwards incorporated with Cromwell’s ironsides, broke through the enemy’s lines entered the town and Wheeling left about, attacked Cavendish’s right wing which was formed by Sir Marmaduke’s [Langdale] brigade commanded by Sir Philip Monckton. Captain Moody knew that erelong Colonel Rossiter’s regiment of infantry would be coming on the scene of action from Burgh so that he could but best succeed in his purpose by placing them between two attacks Langdale’s brigade to all intents and purposes must be well nigh annihilated. | ||
| Payne, Moody – ? (Tyack) | the right wing of the Royal army was vigorously assailed by the troopers of Moody of Scremby, and Payne of Burgh, and completely routed ; numbers perished in the swamp | |||
| Payne – ? (Winn) | The troop from Burgh, led by Payne, Pitch’d to the “left” in Bilsby lane; | |||
| Moody – ? (Winn) | Moody from Scremby led his men To form the “right” by Ancroft Fen, While Langdale’s men sustain’d the fight, Moody, advancing from the right Cut through the line — horses and men In panic rush’d through Ancroft Fen, Where in the swamps the wounded fell; The rest before him fled pall-mell | |||
| Fairfax – ? (Bateman 2) | Cavendish having rejoined his army, found his front furiously assailed on the centre by Fairfax. | |||
| Fairfax – ? (Winn) | And so the bloody work began — The gallant Fairfax led the van. | |||
| Massingberd – ? (Bateman 2) | Alford? | During the next days the town and neighbourhood were pretty well harried and plundered but all efforts to capture Sir Lionel Weldon were vain so Drayner Massingberd of South Ormsby, with what feeble force he could gather endeavoured to hold them in check, but ineffectually. | ||
| Massingberd – ? (Tyack) | Alford? | Parliamentary forces, hastily gathered under Sir Drawer Massingberd, though too feeble to attempt an attack, succeeded in keeping the Royalists in check until further help arrived. | ||
| Massingberd – ? (Winn) | And Massingberd of Ormsby tried To keep the “centre” [Of the parliament force?] well suppli’d. | |||
| Manchester (Bateman 2) | Swamps | Bilsby Field | Ancroft Fen | Earl of Manchester, with six guns, who took ground and encamped in Bilsby field, his left strongly protected by swamps and his right by Ancroft Fen. |
| Manchester – ? (Tyack) | Bilsby Field | the Earl of Manchester came up with a considerable force of Parliamentarians, and encamped in Bilsby Field, The battle was not so easily won in the rest of the field, but at last the whole position was carried by the Earl of Manchester’s forces, the Royalists being scattered with great slaughter. |
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