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Jacobite Risings

Jacobite Army in Lancaster 1715

1715
Lancashire, England
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Lancashire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Government
Forces
Government c.1,000-2,000.
VS
Victor
Jacobites (briefly)
Forces
Jacobite army c.4,000-5,000
Outcome
Jacobite army passed through Lancaster unopposed, briefly occupying the town
The Battle

History & Significance

The Jacobite army of 1715 passed through Lancaster gathering support as it marched south towards Preston where it would be defeated.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Jacobite Army in Lancaster 1715

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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