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English Civil War

Scots Army Crosses the Tyne - February 1644

1644
Northumberland, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
march
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Victor
Scots (Leven)
Forces involved

Sources vary: contemporary accounts put Leven's army at around 21 regiments of foot and 7 of horse (some 18,000 men) at its January invasion of Northumberland, though it may have numbered only around 14,000 by this stage of the campaign.

Outcome
Leven's Covenanter army crossed the Tyne unopposed on 28 February 1644, having left six regiments to blockade Newcastle, and continued its march south, crossing the Derwent at Ebchester the next day and reaching the area of Sunderland by early March.
The Battle

History & Significance

Scots Army Crosses the Tyne - February 1644 was a Civil War march, fought at Northumberland, England in 1644. The victor was Scots (Leven). Leven's Covenanter army crossed the Tyne unopposed on 28 February 1644, having left six regiments to blockade Newcastle, and continued its march south, crossing the Derwent at Ebchester the next day and reaching the area of Sunderland by early March.

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Scots Army Crosses the Tyne - February 1644 lies on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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Scheduled Monuments near Scots Army Crosses the Tyne - February 1644

Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 mi

Prudhoe Castle is a Norman fortress situated on the River Tyne in Northumberland, founded in the late twelfth century by the de Umfraville family as a motte-and-bailey stronghold that was subsequently developed with stone fortifications. The castle's most prominent feature is its substantial ston…

Chris Tweedy / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Welton tower house
Welton tower house
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Welton tower house is a fourteenth-century fortified structure located in Northumberland. The tower represents the type of defensive residential architecture characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region during the medieval period, when such fortified dwellings provided protection for their…

Andrew Curtis / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds
Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

Welton medieval settlement is a scheduled ancient monument in Northumberland comprising the earthwork remains of a deserted medieval village alongside associated open field systems and fishponds. The site preserves evidence of settlement patterns and agricultural organisation typical of the medie…

Andrew Curtis / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
Scheduled monument · ~4.2 mi

The Romano-British farmstead located 900 metres north-east of Thornborough High Barns is a scheduled ancient monument in Northumberland representing settlement activity during the Roman occupation of Britain. The site comprises archaeological remains of a Romano-British agricultural establishment…

Ryton village cross 160m south east of church
Ryton village cross 160m south east of church
Scheduled monument · ~4.2 mi

Ryton village cross is a medieval wayside monument located approximately 160 metres south-east of Ryton parish church in County Durham. The cross represents a type of communal landmark typical of English villages from the medieval period onwards, serving functions both practical and ceremonial wi…

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Market cross
Market cross
Scheduled monument · ~5.2 mi

Market Cross is a medieval cross located in Northumberland, England, serving as a focal point for commercial and civic activity in its settlement. The structure dates from the medieval period and functioned as a marker for the market place, a common feature in English towns where trade and public…

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Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
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