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English Civil War

Lancaster Castle Siege 1643

1643
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentary Lancashire forces under Rigby
Outcome
Parliamentary capture of Lancaster Castle; town secured as Parliamentary base for Lancashire operations.
The Battle

History & Significance

Lancaster Castle changed hands several times during the Civil War. In 1643 Parliamentary forces under Colonel Rigby besieged the castle held by Royalists, securing Lancashire's county town for Parliament.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Lancaster Castle Siege 1643

Glass melting and annealing workshop; part of Shrigley and Hunt's stained glass manufacturing workshops
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Part of a Roman fort and its associated vicus and remains of a pre-Conquest monastery and a Benedictine priory on Castle Hill
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Skerton Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Torrisholme bowl barrow
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
High cross in St Wilfrid's churchyard, Halton
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
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