Battles in Yorkshire
22 battles fought in Yorkshire (England), in date order. Every battle is on the map; click one for its official boundary (where there is one), date and history.
What battles were fought in Yorkshire?
This site maps 22 battles in Yorkshire, from the Battle of Catraeth (600) to the Battle of Selby (1644).
How many battlefields in Yorkshire are officially listed?
7 of them are on the Historic England Register of Historic Battlefields: Battle of Stamford Bridge, Battle of Northallerton, Battle of Myton, Battle of Boroughbridge, Battle of Towton,, Battle of Adwalton Moor, Battle of Marston Moor. Their official boundaries are drawn on each battlefield page.
The war with the most battles here is the First English Civil War (5).
All battles in Yorkshire
- Battle of Catraeth 600anglo-saxon
- Battle of Hatfield Chase 633anglo-saxon
- Battle of the Trent 679anglo-saxon
- Battle of York 867Viking activity in the British Isles
- Battle of Fulford 1066Viking activity in the British Isles
- Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066Viking activity in the British Isles · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Northallerton 1138The Anarchy · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Myton 1319First War of Scottish Independence · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Boroughbridge 1322Despenser War · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Old Byland 1322First War of Scottish Independence
- Battle of Bramham Moor 1408roses
- Battle of Wakefield 1460Wars of the Roses
- Battle of Ferrybridge 1461Wars of the Roses
- Battle of Towton, 1461Wars of the Roses · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Tadcaster 1642civil-wars
- Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643First English Civil War · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Heptonstall 1643civil-wars
- Battle of Leeds 1643First English Civil War
- Battle of Seacroft Moor 1643First English Civil War
- Capture of Wakefield 1643First English Civil War
- Battle of Marston Moor 1644English Civil War · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Selby 1644First English Civil War
Counties: ceremonial counties in England (Yorkshire as the whole historic county), council areas in Scotland, principal areas in Wales and counties in Ireland, assigned from each battle’s map position using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain). Battles near a border may fall on the other side.