The English Civil War hero killed at Chalgrove is to have two plaques put up in his memory - in Cornwall.

John Hampden's name will be perpetuated in Grampound, between Truro and St Austell, at a weekend festival on September 1 and 2.

Hampden was first elected to Parliament to represent Grampound during the reign of James I.

He owned land in Buckinghamshire and attended Lord Williams's Grammar School in Thame.

He led opposition to Charles I, was mortally wounded the Battle of Chalgrove in 1643 and died at the former Greyhound Inn, opposite the town hall in Thame.

There are several monuments to Hampden in Thame, Aylesbury, and at Chalgrove.

The bronze plaques in Cornwall will go up at a house formerly called Hampden House, where he lived during his election campaign, and in the parish church at nearby Creed, where he worshipped.

The John Hampden Society raised funds for the plaques, which will be unveiled by the Earl of Buckinghamshire and Lord Hollenden, both direct descendants of Hampden.