Battle of Bramber Bridge

Battle of Bramber Bridge
	Part of the First English Civil War
	; The modern bridge over the River Adur at Bramber
Date	13 December 1643
Location	Bramber, West Sussex50°52′58″N 0°18′24″W / 50.882662°N 0.306651°W
Result	Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Joseph Bampfield ; Sir William Butler	Colonel Herbert Morley ; Sir Michael Livesey ; Captain James Temple
Strength
600	2,000
Casualties and losses
8–9 killed	1 killed; 1 captured

Arundel

Bramber

Lewes

Midhurst

West Sussex; key locations 1643

The Battle of Bramber Bridge was a minor skirmish that took place on 13 December 1643, during the First English Civil War. A Royalist detachment from Arundel attempted to secure the bridge over the River Adur at Bramber in West Sussex, but found a Parliamentarian force already in possession.

The Royalists attempted to find another crossing point, but were ordered back to Arundel, after learning of the loss of Alton the same night.