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FROM NEAR THIS PLACE ON JULY 26TH 1643 COLONEL HENRY WASHINGTON
ATTACKED THE PARLIAMENTARY DEFENCES BETWEEN ROYAL FORT AND BRANDON HILL.
WITH A SMALL FORCE HE EFFECTED "WASHINGTON’S BREACH" (AT THE PRESENT JUNCTION OF PARK ROW AND PARK STREET) THROUGH WHICH THE ROYALIST TROOPS ENTERED BRISTOL AND COMPELLED ITS CAPITULATION.
HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF LAWRENCE WASHINGTON OF SULGRAVE AND A COLLATERAL ANCESTOR OF GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ERECTED IN 1931 BY THE BRISTOL BRANCH OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION
The first English Civil War took place between the years 1642-1645 between forces that supported the monarchy (Charles I) and the supporters of the Parliament and ended with the victory of the supporters of the Parliament.
Colonel Henry Washington (1664-1615) belonged to the supporters of the monarchy, and as indicated on a plaque one of his descendants is the first president of the United States, George Washington.
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