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English Civil War

Oswestry Parliamentary Siege and Capture 1644

1644
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist
Forces
Royalist garrison under Lloyd approximately 800
VS
Victor
Parliament
Forces
Parliamentary Cheshire and Shropshire forces under Denbigh and Mytton
Outcome
Parliamentary capture of Oswestry June 1644. Relief attempt by Rupert too late. Town and castle surrendered on terms. Important Welsh border crossing secured for Parliament.
The Battle

History & Significance

Parliamentary forces besieged Oswestry in June 1644. The Shropshire border town was a Royalist garrison controlling the main road from Wales into England at this latitude. Parliamentary forces invested the town and Prince Rupert attempted to relieve it but arrived too late. The garrison surrendered June 1644 under Colonel Lloyd.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Oswestry Parliamentary Siege and Capture 1644

Oswestry Castle: motte and adjoining section of the town wall immediately north east of Christ Church
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Wat's Dyke:80m long section and adjacent cultivation terraces 540m east of Oswestry Castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Wat's Dyke: 375m long section immediately south of Middleton Road and west of Laburnum Drive
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Old Oswestry hillfort, and two adjacent sections of Wat's Dyke
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Wat's Dyke: 365m long section, extending from 45m north east of Gate House on Shrewsbury Road
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
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