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English Civil War

Tynemouth Castle Civil War second siege 1648

1648
Tyne and Wear, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Tyne and Wear, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Outcome
Henry Lilburne, deputy-governor of Tynemouth Castle, declared for the King on 9 August 1648 during the Second Civil War Royalist rising; Sir Arthur Hesilrige, Parliamentary governor of Newcastle, retook the castle by assault on 11 August 1648. Lilburne was killed in the attack and his head displayed on the castle gate.
The Battle

History & Significance

Tynemouth Castle Civil War second siege 1648 was a Civil War siege, the investment of a fortified position, fought at Tyne and Wear, England in 1648. Parliamentarians prevailed over Royalists. Henry Lilburne, deputy-governor of Tynemouth Castle, declared for the King on 9 August 1648 during the Second Civil War Royalist rising; Sir Arthur Hesilrige, Parliamentary governor of Newcastle, retook the castle by assault on 11 August 1648. Lilburne was killed in the attack and his head displayed on the castle gate.

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Tynemouth Castle Civil War second siege 1648 lies on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Tynemouth Castle Civil War second siege 1648

Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 mi

Tynemouth is a complex archaeological site located on a promontory in Tyne and Wear (formerly Northumberland) that encompasses evidence of human settlement spanning from the Iron Age through to the modern period. The site contains remains of Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, succeeded by a…

Chris McKenna (user:Thryduulf) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Clifford's Fort
Clifford's Fort
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 mi

Clifford's Fort is a Roman fort located in Northumberland, England, situated along the line of Hadrian's Wall in the northern frontier zone of Roman Britain. The fort dates to the second century AD and served as an auxiliary installation designed to control movement along the wall and defend the…

Barabbas1312 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Roman fort, South Shields
Roman fort, South Shields
Scheduled monument · ~1 mi

Arbeia, the Roman fort at South Shields, is a auxiliary fort established in the late second century AD as part of the Hadrian's Wall system in what is now Tyne and Wear. Originally constructed around AD 160 as a supply depot for the wall garrison, the fort served as a crucial logistics and milita…

Agnete / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 mi

St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow is a Benedictine monastic foundation established in 681 by Ceolfrith, an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and churchman, on the south bank of the River Tyne in County Durham. The monastery became one of the most significant centres of learning in early medieval Northumbria, and is…

Vallan / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Marsden lime kilns
Marsden lime kilns
Scheduled monument · ~3.6 mi

Marsden lime kilns is a complex of stone-built lime kilns located near Marsden in Durham. The kilns date from the post-medieval period, likely from the eighteenth or nineteenth century, reflecting the industrial exploitation of local limestone resources in the region. The structures retain eviden…

Mick Garratt / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
Scheduled monument · ~4.4 mi

Holy Cross Church, Wallsend, is a parish church of medieval foundation located in the town of Wallsend in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland. The church occupies a site of considerable antiquity within the settlement, which developed near the eastern terminus of Hadrian's Wall. The surviving structure…

A McCarron / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Village of Jarrow
Scheduled monument · ~3.3 miles
Lizard Lane Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
Scheduled monument · ~3.8 miles
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