BattlefieldsBolton Castle Wensleydale Siege 1645
English Civil War

Bolton Castle Wensleydale Siege 1645

1645
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist garrison
Forces
Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentary Yorkshire forces
Forces
Parliamentary Yorkshire forces
Outcome
Royalist garrison surrendered November 1645 after prolonged siege; castle subsequently abandoned.
The Battle

History & Significance

Bolton Castle in Wensleydale, where Mary Queen of Scots had been imprisoned, was a Royalist garrison during the Civil War. Parliamentary forces besieged this remote Yorkshire Dales stronghold in 1645 as part of the reduction of Yorkshire.

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