Wivenhoe on the Colne estuary south of Colchester was used by Parliamentary naval forces during the 1648 siege. Parliamentary ships used Wivenhoe as an anchorage to blockade the Colne and prevent supplies reaching besieged Colchester by river. Royalist attempts to break the river blockade were repulsed.
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