Holt Castle on the Dee in Denbighshire was secured for the King in 1643 as part of the Royalist consolidation of north Wales. The castle commanded the Dee crossing between north-east Wales and Cheshire and was strategically vital for communications between Chester and north Welsh Royalist garrisons. Parliamentary attempts to intercept its garrisoning were defeated.
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