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English Civil War

Siege of Woodstock Manor 1646

1646
Oxfordshire, England
Also known as: Woodstock Palace siege
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Oxfordshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalists c.80-120 garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentarians c.1,000-1,500
Outcome
Garrison surrendered April 1646
The Battle

History & Significance

Woodstock held out as a Royalist garrison until April 1646 when it surrendered just days before Oxford; the last Oxfordshire garrison to fall.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Woodstock Manor 1646

Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Blenheim Villa, a Roman villa and associated field system 200m north east of Little Cote
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Rectangular earthwork, Hensington
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Bowl barrow 350m south west of Furze Platt Farm in Blenheim Great Park
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Ten medieval pillow mounds and part of an associated enclosure 300m north west of Combe Lodge
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
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