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English Civil War

Bolsover Castle Siege 1644

1644
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliament
Forces
Parliamentary Yorkshire and Midlands forces
Outcome
Royalist garrison surrendered August 1644; castle subsequently used by Parliament and damaged.
The Battle

History & Significance

Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire, built by the Duke of Newcastle, was a Royalist garrison that Parliamentary forces besieged in 1644 following Marston Moor. The castle surrendered without major assault when the Royalist cause in the north collapsed.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Bolsover Castle Siege 1644

Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Four watchtowers SW of town
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Sutton Scarsdale Hall
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
Langwith Cave
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 miles
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