Battle of Preston (1715)
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The Battle of Preston (1715) was a key engagement in the Jacobite rising of 1715, where government forces defeated Jacobite rebels in the English town of Preston, effectively ending the uprising in England.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Preston (1715) canonical | 3 |
| Battle of Preston | 1 |
| Siege of Preston (1715) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T466395 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Preston (1715) Context triple: [Jacobite rising of 1715, significantBattle, Battle of Preston (1715)]
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A.
Battle of Preston (1648)
The Battle of Preston (1648) was a decisive engagement of the Second English Civil War in which Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army crushed a larger Royalist-Scottish force, effectively ending Royalist hopes of restoring Charles I by arms.
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Battle of Sedgemoor
The Battle of Sedgemoor was the final pitched battle fought on English soil, in 1685, where royal forces of King James II crushed the Monmouth Rebellion.
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Battle of Sheriffmuir
The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an inconclusive 1715 clash in Scotland between Jacobite forces and the British government army that effectively halted the Jacobite advance during the rising of 1715.
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D.
Battle of Dunbar (1650)
The Battle of Dunbar (1650) was a decisive engagement of the Third English Civil War in which Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army crushed the Scottish Covenanter forces, securing English control over Scotland.
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E.
Battle of Aughrim (1691)
The Battle of Aughrim (1691) was a decisive engagement in Ireland’s Williamite War, where Williamite forces crushed the Jacobite army, effectively ending organized Jacobite resistance in Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Preston (1715) Target entity description: The Battle of Preston (1715) was a key engagement in the Jacobite rising of 1715, where government forces defeated Jacobite rebels in the English town of Preston, effectively ending the uprising in England.
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A.
Battle of Preston (1648)
The Battle of Preston (1648) was a decisive engagement of the Second English Civil War in which Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army crushed a larger Royalist-Scottish force, effectively ending Royalist hopes of restoring Charles I by arms.
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B.
Battle of Sedgemoor
The Battle of Sedgemoor was the final pitched battle fought on English soil, in 1685, where royal forces of King James II crushed the Monmouth Rebellion.
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C.
Battle of Sheriffmuir
The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an inconclusive 1715 clash in Scotland between Jacobite forces and the British government army that effectively halted the Jacobite advance during the rising of 1715.
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D.
Battle of Dunbar (1650)
The Battle of Dunbar (1650) was a decisive engagement of the Third English Civil War in which Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army crushed the Scottish Covenanter forces, securing English control over Scotland.
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E.
Battle of Aughrim (1691)
The Battle of Aughrim (1691) was a decisive engagement in Ireland’s Williamite War, where Williamite forces crushed the Jacobite army, effectively ending organized Jacobite resistance in Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
engagement ⓘ |
| aftermath |
capture and later execution or imprisonment of many Jacobite leaders
ⓘ
large-scale surrender of Jacobite forces ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Preston (1715)
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Preston
Battle of Preston (1715) ⓘ
surface form:
Siege of Preston (1715)
|
| belligerent |
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanoverian government
Jacobite rebels ⓘ |
| category |
Battles involving Great Britain
ⓘ
Battles of the Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ Preston ⓘ
surface form:
History of Preston, Lancashire
|
| combatant |
British government forces
ⓘ
Jacobite risings ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobites
|
| commander |
Charles Wills
ⓘ
George Carpenter ⓘ Henry Oxburgh ⓘ James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater ⓘ Thomas Forster ⓘ William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington ⓘ |
| conflict | Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| date | 1715-11-12 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1715-11-14 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| faction |
supporters of James Francis Edward Stuart
ⓘ
supporters of King George I ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | northwest England ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
English Army
ⓘ
surface form:
British Army
Jacobite risings ⓘ
surface form:
English Jacobites
Jacobite risings ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish Jacobites
|
| locatedInTime | November 1715 ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | British Isles ⓘ |
| opposingClaimant | James Francis Edward Stuart ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jacobite rising of 1715
ⓘ
War of the Quadruple Alliance era context in Britain ⓘ |
| place |
Preston
ⓘ
surface form:
Preston, Lancashire, England
|
| politicalContext |
opposition to the Hanoverian succession
ⓘ
succession dispute after the death of Queen Anne ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Battle of Sheriffmuir ⓘ |
| result | Government victory ⓘ |
| rulingMonarch | George I of Great Britain ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive defeat of the Jacobite rising in England
ⓘ
effectively ended Jacobite military operations in England in 1715 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1715-11-12 ⓘ |
| tacticalOutcome | Jacobite forces surrounded and compelled to surrender ⓘ |
| typeOfEngagement | urban fighting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Preston (1715) Description of subject: The Battle of Preston (1715) was a key engagement in the Jacobite rising of 1715, where government forces defeated Jacobite rebels in the English town of Preston, effectively ending the uprising in England.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of Preston
this entity surface form:
Siege of Preston (1715)