Apley Castle near Wellington in Shropshire was one of the Royalist garrison positions that Parliament had to reduce in its campaign to clear Shropshire after the fall of Shrewsbury in 1645. Such mopping-up operations were tedious but essential — each garrisoned house or castle, however small, tied down Parliamentary troops and provided a base for Royalist raiding. The methodical reduction of such positions occupied Parliamentary commanders for months after the decisive battles.
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