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Siege of Carlisle 1644

Siege of Carlisle: Carlisle Castle
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Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)1644Wikidata P580 start time
Century17th centuryderived
PeriodCivil Warsderived
CountryEnglandderived
ParticipantsCavalier, Covenanters, RoundheadWikidata

About the battle

The siege of Carlisle occurred during the First English Civil War when the allied forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliamentarians besieged Carlisle Castle which was held at the time by the English Royalist forces loyal to King Charles I. The siege took place in Carlisle, Cumbria from October 1644 to 25 June 1645.

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Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 54.8950, -2.9340

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Carlisle (1644) (revision 1370740042), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations removed. No text added.

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