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Siege of Helmsley Castle

Siege of Helmsley Castle was a siege conducted in 1644 at Helmsley Castle, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory. Recorded strength: 200 against Unknown.

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Fought1644
WhereHelmsley Castle, United Kingdom54.245N, 1.064W
OutcomeParliamentarian victory
BelligerentsRoyalistsagainst22pxParliamentarians

Record

Date1644 (year precision)
PlaceHelmsley Castle, United Kingdom
54.245N, 1.064W
KindSiege, early modern
Strength200Unknown
Commanders
Siege of Helmsley CastleSiege of Helmsley CastleBattle of Old BylandBattle of MytonBattle of BoroughbridgeBattle of the StandardBattle of Stamford BridgeBattle of Old BylandBattle of the StandardBattle of Stamford BridgeManchesterNewcastleLiverpoolMiddlesbroughKingston upon HullBlackpoolScarboroughDumfries100 km54.245N, 1.064W
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Elsewhere in 1644

Siege of Helmsley 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 Q118498823, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Helmsley Castle, revision 1370741831, 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.