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English Civil War

Siege of Lancaster Castle

1643
Lancashire, England
Also known as: Lancaster Castle garrison
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Lancashire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist c. 300–500; capture of strategic castle.
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentary c. 500–800
Outcome
Lancaster Castle taken by Parliamentary forces 1643
The Battle

History & Significance

Lancaster Castle commanded the Lune crossing and the route north into Westmorland. Parliament took it early in the Lancashire campaign, giving them a northern stronghold in a county where Royalist sentiment was strong.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Lancaster Castle

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 · ~0.4 miles
Skerton Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Torrisholme bowl barrow
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
High cross in St Wilfrid's churchyard, Halton
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
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