Reigate in Surrey, with its medieval castle ruins, saw a skirmish in 1643 between Parliamentary forces holding the town and Royalist raiders from the south. Reigate commanded the important gap in the North Downs through which the main road from London to Brighton passed, making it a strategic prize for either side seeking to control the Surrey Downs.
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