The advance of Fairfax's Parliamentary force on Selby in April 1644 — which led to the decisive Battle of Selby — was preceded by skirmishing at the Aire crossings at Brotherton and Ferrybridge. Royalist forces attempted to hold the river line but were driven back. Fairfax's crossing of the Aire allowed him to approach Selby from the north while other Parliamentary forces pressed from the south, trapping Belasyse's Royalist army and leading to its destruction.
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