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English Civil War

Siege of Pontefract Castle 1648

1648
West Yorkshire, England
Also known as: Pontefract 1648 · Pontefract Civil War
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
West Yorkshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist garrison
Forces
Royalist garrison c.200–300
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentarian besiegers c.1500–2000
Outcome
Last Royalist castle in England to hold out; surrendered March 1649 after the king was already executed
The Battle

History & Significance

Pontefract Castle was the last Royalist fortress in England to surrender, capitulating only after Charles I had already been executed.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Pontefract Castle 1648

Pontefract Castle: part of late Saxon cemetery and town ditch, Norman motte and bailey castle and later medieval enclosure castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
St John's Priory
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Boundary cross on the corner of Ferrybridge Road and Stumpcross Lane
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Ferrybridge Henge, a prehistoric enclosure, and two round barrows
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
Churchyard cross at the Parish Church of St Luke and All Saints
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
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