BattlefieldsSiege of Hereford 1645
English Civil War

Siege of Hereford 1645

1645
Herefordshire, England
Also known as: Scottish Covenanters' Siege of Hereford
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Herefordshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalists c.300–400 garrison.
VS
Victor
Parliament (Scots Covenanters)
Forces
Scottish Covenanters c.2,500–3,500
Outcome
Hereford surrendered 1 September 1645 to Scottish Covenanting forces
The Battle

History & Significance

The Scottish Covenanting army, as part of its contribution to the Parliamentary alliance, besieged Hereford in 1645. The city — a major Royalist stronghold in the Welsh Marches — surrendered on 1 September 1645. Its fall opened Herefordshire to Parliamentary control and removed a key Royalist base for operations into Wales. The Scots' presence so far into the English Midlands was a measure of how completely the military situation had shifted after Naseby.

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