LAUNSDON, (Somerset) on the N. side of Bath, towards Monkton-Farley, which was formerly called Badon-Hill, is the place
where the battle was fought, in July 1643, bet. K. Cha. I's army and the Pt. army under Sir Will. Waller, when Sir Bevil
Grenvil was slain, in memory of whose fidelity his son, Sir John Grenvil, was created Ld. Launsdon; and the late Ld.
caused a stately monument to be erected on the very spot where he was killed, recording the action. On the N. W. side of
this plain are dug a sort of headstones, called lyas, which are blue and white, and polishable.