The Parliamentary capture of Oswestry in 1644 was part of the methodical reduction of Royalist garrisons in Shropshire. Thomas Mytton and Sir Thomas Myddleton worked together to secure the Welsh Marches for Parliament. Oswestry's position near the Welsh border made it strategically significant — its capture opened the route into north Wales. The town's Civil War damage was considerable.
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