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Siege of Worcester 1646

Siege of Worcester: Worcester from Fort Royal Hill
Image: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)1646Wikidata P585 point in time
Century17th centuryderived
PeriodCivil Warsderived
CountryEnglandderived
War / conflictFirst English Civil WarWikidata
ParticipantsCavalier, RoundheadWikidata

About the battle

The second and longest siege of Worcester (21 May – 23 July 1646) took place towards the end of the First English Civil War, when Parliamentary forces under the command of Thomas Rainsborough besieged the city of Worcester, accepting the capitulation of the Royalist defenders on 22 July. The next day the Royalists formally surrendered possession of the city, and the Parliamentarians entered Worcester 63 days after the siege began.

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Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 52.1900, -2.2200

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Worcester (revision 1375935273), 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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