Newcastle's army met the Fairfaxes' Yorkshire army on Adwalton Moor near Bradford. Parliament appeared to have the better of early fighting when a Royalist regiment advanced unsupported and broke the Parliamentary line. The defeat was catastrophic: Bradford fell, Leeds fell, and Yorkshire was all but lost. Lady Anne Fairfax was captured; Lord Fairfax escaped to Hull; Thomas Fairfax escaped by night through Royalist lines. Only Hull and its immediate environs remained Parliamentary.
c.500 Parliamentarians killed, hundreds captured
This battlefield is listed on the Register of Historic Battlefields — a national designation identifying Britain's most significant battle sites for protection and further research. Reference: BOE13.
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