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Jacobite Risings

Jacobite march through Lancaster 1745

1745
Lancashire, England
Also known as: Jacobites at Lancaster November 1745
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Lancashire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Government
Forces
Government opposition: negligible
VS
Victor
Jacobites
Forces
Jacobites: c.4,000–5,000
Outcome
Jacobite army passes through Lancaster unopposed; castle garrison withdraws
The Battle

History & Significance

The Highland army marched through Lancaster without battle in mid-November 1745, demonstrating that no significant English militia force could block their advance.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Jacobite march through Lancaster 1745

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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