battle, early modern

Battle of Piercebridge

Name: Battle of Piercebridge
Start: 1642-12-01
Location: United Kingdom

Battle of Piercebridge was a battle fought on 1 December 1642 in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Royalist victory.

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Fought1 December 1642

WhereUnited Kingdom54.535N, 1.676W

OutcomeRoyalist victory

BelligerentsRoyalistsagainst22px Parliamentarians

Record

Date	1 December 1642
Place	United Kingdom 54.535N, 1.676W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Commanders	William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle	John Hotham, the younger

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Catraeth AD 600, 18 km S
Battle of the Standard 1138, 24 km SE
Battle of Neville's Cross 1346, 27 km N
Siege of Durham 1006, 28 km N
Battle of Stainmore AD 954, 36 km W

Elsewhere in 1642

Battle of Piercebridge 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 Q86757147, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Piercebridge, revision 1380951916, 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.