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Great Siege of Scarborough Castle

Great Siege of Scarborough Castle was a siege conducted on 18 February 1645 at Scarborough Castle, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory. Recorded strength: 500 against 1,700.

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Fought18 February 1645
WhereScarborough Castle, United Kingdom54.287N, 0.388W
OutcomeParliamentarian victory
BelligerentsRoyalistsagainst22px Parliamentarians
Casualties and losses475 killed or woundedandUnknown

Record

Date18 February 1645
to July 1645
PlaceScarborough Castle, United Kingdom
54.287N, 0.388W
KindSiege, early modern
Strength5001,700
Casualties and losses475 killed or woundedUnknown
Commanders
  • Sir Hugh Cholmley, 1st Baronet
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Great Siege of Scarborough Castle is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5599959, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Great Siege of Scarborough Castle, revision 1370621822, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.