BattlefieldsMaidstone Parliamentary Garrison 1642
English Civil War

Maidstone Parliamentary Garrison 1642

1642
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist
Forces
Royalist sympathisers
VS
Victor
Parliamentary
Forces
Parliamentary Kent county committee forces
Outcome
Parliamentary garrison established at Maidstone 1642; town held for Parliament through the First Civil War until the town was the scene of a major battle in the Second Civil War of 1648.
The Battle

History & Significance

Maidstone, the county town of Kent, was secured for Parliament in 1642 and garrisoned throughout the First Civil War. The town served as the main Parliamentary administrative and military base for Kent, though its sympathies remained divided and Royalism ran deep in the county.

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