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English Civil War

Skirmish at Cawood 1644

1644
Yorkshire, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Yorkshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalists c.100-200 garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentarians c.200-400
Outcome
Cawood Castle seized by Parliament as part of the siege of York approaches
The Battle

History & Significance

Cawood Castle on the Ouse commanded the river approach to York; its seizure by Parliament in 1644 tightened the strategic ring around the Royalist northern capital before Marston Moor.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Skirmish at Cawood 1644

Kensbury moated site, fishpond and fragment of a medieval field system
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Kelfield moated site and fishpond, 180m north of Kelfield Church
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
York prebendary manor moated site, 300m north west of Hawthorn Farm
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 miles
Mote Hill: a moated site, two fishponds and part of an adjacent field system 500m west of Nun Appleton Hall
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
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