Pontefract Castle — called the 'Gibraltar of the North' — was the last Royalist garrison to surrender in England, holding out until March 1649, after Charles I had already been executed. It withstood three separate sieges. Its connection to the Midlands is through the Royalist Midlands command — troops from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire reinforced its garrison at various points. After its final surrender, Parliament demolished it so thoroughly that almost nothing remains.
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