BattlefieldsSiege of Hawarden Castle 1646
English Civil War

Siege of Hawarden Castle 1646

1646
Flintshire, Wales
Also known as: Hawarden Castle Civil War Siege
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Flintshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist garrison c.200–350.
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentary c.2,500–3,500
Outcome
Hawarden Castle surrendered; north Wales border secured
The Battle

History & Significance

Hawarden Castle on the Flintshire-Cheshire border was a significant Royalist garrison connected to the Welsh Marches theatre. Its reduction in 1646 was part of the final mopping-up of Royalist resistance in the border zone. Hawarden later became famous as the home of Victorian Prime Minister W.E. Gladstone, but in 1646 its medieval ruins were the scene of Civil War siege operations.

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