Sandal Castle — where the Duke of York had sallied to his death at Wakefield in 1460 — held a Royalist garrison in the Civil War. After the destruction of the King's main army at Naseby, isolated Yorkshire garrisons became untenable. Sandal surrendered in October 1645. It was subsequently slighted; the ruins visible today are partly the result of Civil War demolition.
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