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Siege of Tiverton 1645

Siege of Tiverton: TivertonCastle AerialPanorama
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Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)1645Wikidata P580 start time
Century17th centuryderived
PeriodCivil Warsderived
CountryEnglandderived
ParticipantsCavalier, RoundheadWikidata

About the battle

The siege of Tiverton took place in October 1645 during the First English Civil War, when a Royalist garrison surrendered to a detachment of the New Model Army.

Defeats at Naseby in June, and Langport in July destroyed the Royalist field armies, leaving them confined to parts of the West Country, and isolated strongpoints elsewhere. When Bristol surrendered on 10 September, their last significant position was the port of Exeter.

To isolate Exeter, the Parliamentarians first needed to capture outposts such as Tiverton Castle, held by a garrison of around 200. When their heavy artillery opened fire on 19 October, one of the first shots severed the drawbridge chains, and the garrison capitulated.

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Location

  • Approximate location: the point for Tiverton, the place Wikidata gives as the battle’s location: 50.9030, -3.4880

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Tiverton (1645) (revision 1370745823), 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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