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English Civil War

Skirmish at Pontefract (1645 blockade)

1645
Yorkshire, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Yorkshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist sorties c.200–400
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentary blockaders c.400–800
Outcome
Parliamentary blockade tightened; Royalist sortie repulsed
The Battle

History & Significance

Pontefract Castle resisted multiple sieges and sorties throughout the Civil War; the 1645 skirmishes around the castle demonstrated the garrison tenacity even after Naseby.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Skirmish at Pontefract (1645 blockade)

Pontefract Castle: part of late Saxon cemetery and town ditch, Norman motte and bailey castle and later medieval enclosure castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
St John's Priory
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Boundary cross on the corner of Ferrybridge Road and Stumpcross Lane
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Ferrybridge Henge, a prehistoric enclosure, and two round barrows
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
Churchyard cross at the Parish Church of St Luke and All Saints
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 miles
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