{{Short description|Field in Hertfordshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} {{infobox UK place |country = England |official_name = Corkbush Field |coordinates = {{coord|51.801954|-0.050711|display=inline,title}} |civil_parish = Ware |population = 18,000 |shire_district = East Hertfordshire |shire_county = Hertfordshire |region = East of England |os_grid_reference = TL3450413276 }}
'''Corkbush Field''' is the land to the east of Hertford along the Ware road, lying between the King's Meads at the bottom of the valley of the River Lea and the higher ground to the south known as Barrow Green Common.<ref>Thomson, Alan. "The Ware Mutiny 1647: Order restored or revolution defeated?". The Rockingham Press (1996) p. 51</ref> It is alternatively known as Cockbush Field in some sources as the 'r' and 'c' are similar in some 17th Century handwriting. It was the site of the Ware Mutiny, also known as the Corkbush Field Mutiny of 15 November 1647.
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==See also== * Corkbush Field Mutiny * Ware, Hertfordshire * English Civil War * Banbury mutiny
Category:Conflicts in 1647 Category:New Model Army Category:Levellers Category:Mutinies Category:1647 in England Category:Ware, Hertfordshire