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English Civil War

Siege of Hawarden Castle 1645

1645
Flintshire, Wales
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Flintshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalists c.300–500 garrison.
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentarians c.1,500
Outcome
Hawarden Castle taken 1645
The Battle

History & Significance

Hawarden Castle in Flintshire was a Royalist garrison that fell to Parliamentary forces in 1645 as the north Wales campaign proceeded after Naseby.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Hawarden Castle 1645

Trueman's Hill motte
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.1 miles
The 'Lock-Up', Hawarden
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~0.5 miles
Hawarden Castle
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.7 miles
Industrial Tramway, Near Buckley
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~1.8 miles
Green Lane Farm Moated Site
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2 miles
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