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English Civil War

Lathom House Second Siege 1644

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

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist
Forces
reduced Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentary
Forces
Parliamentary Lancashire forces under Colonel Rigby
Outcome
House eventually fell December 1644; interior largely destroyed by Parliamentary forces after surrender of the second garrison.
The Battle

History & Significance

Second siege of Lathom House commenced after the Royalist position in Lancashire collapsed following Marston Moor. Colonel Rigby invested the house again with heavier forces and artillery.

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Scheduled Monuments near Lathom House Second Siege 1644

Boar's Den bowl barrow
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
Up Holland Benedictine priory
Scheduled monument · ~2.8 miles
Cross base at the junction of Standish Green Lane, Standish Wood Lane and Beech Walk, 200m NNW of Strickland House Farm, Standish
Scheduled monument · ~3.3 miles
Cross base on Standish Wood Lane 700m south east of Standish Hall
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 miles
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