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English Civil War

Boarstall House Siege 1646

1646
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist
Forces
Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentary
Forces
Parliamentary Buckinghamshire forces
Outcome
Royalist garrison surrendered June 1646; moated house subsequently demolished.
The Battle

History & Significance

Boarstall House in Buckinghamshire was a moated fortified manor that served as a Royalist outpost north of Oxford. It was besieged on multiple occasions, finally falling June 1646 as the last Oxford outpost garrisons surrendered.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Boarstall House Siege 1646

Ickford Bridge See also BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 7
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Ickford Bridge See also OXFORDSHIRE 227
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Moated site 580m south west of Church Farm
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Thomley deserted medieval village
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Moated site of Holton House and its associated ice house
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
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