Burghley House near Stamford was garrisoned for Parliament in 1643 and the great Elizabethan mansion was subjected to Royalist assault. Parliamentary forces holding the house used the outbuildings and gardens as a fortified position. The action at Burghley demonstrated how great houses were adapted for military use throughout the Civil War.
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