Several Peak District manor houses were garrisoned by Royalists, leveraging the rugged terrain. Parliament systematically reduced these in 1645 to deny the Royalists bases from which to harass Parliamentary communications with the north.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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