The early Civil War in Yorkshire saw repeated skirmishing along the road axis between York and Selby, the key route connecting the Royalist capital at York with the Great North Road. Sherburn-in-Elmet, commanding the junction of several roads, changed hands multiple times. Fairfax's defeat here in late 1642 was one of several reverses that forced Parliament onto the defensive in Yorkshire until the arrival of the Scottish army in 1644.
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