Cirencester was contested during the mid-Anarchy period. The town lay on important road junctions between Gloucester and the Thames valley, making it a strategic prize. Royalist and imperialist forces skirmished and besieged the town and local fortifications on multiple occasions. The area around Cirencester was extensively ravaged by both sides.
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