BattlefieldsGreenhalgh Castle Siege 1645
English Civil War

Greenhalgh Castle Siege 1645

1645
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist garrison under the Earl of Derby
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentary Lancashire forces
Outcome
Royalist garrison surrendered 1st June 1649 making it one of the very last English castles to surrender in the First Civil War.
The Battle

History & Significance

Greenhalgh Castle near Garstang was one of the last Royalist strongholds in Lancashire, holding out well after the fall of most northern garrisons. Its siege illustrated the mopping-up operations following the collapse of Royalism in the north.

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