siege, early modern

Sieges of Bradford

Name: Sieges of Bradford
Location: Q22905, United Kingdom

Sieges of Bradford was a siege conducted in December 1642 at Q22905, in what is now United Kingdom; it ran into the following year. The recorded result: Parliamentary victory (1642); Royalist victory (1643). Recorded strength: Approximately 800 (1642) against Approximately 400 (1642).

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FoughtDecember 1642ran into the following year

WhereQ22905, United Kingdom53.795N, 1.747W

OutcomeParliamentary victory (1642); Royalist victory (1643)

BelligerentsRoyalistsagainst22px Parliamentarians

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Record

Date	December 1642 (month precision) to July 1643
Place	Q22905, United Kingdom 53.795N, 1.747W
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	Approximately 800 (1642)	Approximately 400 (1642)
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown

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 Adwalton Moor 1643, 7.3 km SE
Siege of Leeds 1321, 13 km E
Battle of Leeds 1643, 13 km E
Battle of Heptonstall 1643, 18 km W
Capture of Wakefield 1643, 21 km SE

Elsewhere in 1642

Sieges of Bradford 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 Q111954497, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Sieges of Bradford, revision 1370746801, 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.