The industrial towns of south Yorkshire — Sheffield, Rotherham, and Barnsley — saw repeated skirmishing between Parliamentary and Royalist forces in 1643. Sheffield Castle held for the King until 1644; Parliamentary forces from the Hallamshire area repeatedly probed Royalist positions at Rotherham. South Yorkshire's metal-working industries made it a prize worth fighting for — both sides needed its ironwork for weapons manufacture.
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