BattlefieldsPeterborough Garrison Actions 1643
English Civil War

Peterborough Garrison Actions 1643

1643
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist
Forces
Royalist Northamptonshire raiding parties
VS
Victor
Parliamentary
Forces
Parliamentary Eastern Association garrison forces
Outcome
Parliamentary control of Peterborough maintained. Cathedral city served as logistics base for Lincolnshire campaigns.
The Battle

History & Significance

Peterborough and its cathedral city were secured for Parliament in 1643 and served as a forward base for Eastern Association operations into Lincolnshire. Parliamentary horse from Peterborough conducted raids westward into Northamptonshire and eastward into the Fenland to suppress Royalist activity and secure the fenland corridor.

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