siege, early modern
Siege of Worcester
Siege of Worcester was a siege conducted in 1646 at Worcester, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of First English Civil War, which ran from 1642 to 1646. The recorded result: Parliamentary victory.
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Record
| Date | 1646 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Worcester, United Kingdom 52.191N, 2.222W | |
| Part of | First English Civil War (1642 to 1646) | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Result | Parliamentary victory | |
| Belligerents | Royalists | 22px Parliamentarians |
| Commanders | Henry Washington Governor of Worcester | Edward Whalley (21 May – 8 July); Thomas Rainsborough (8 July – 23 July) |
| Strength | On 29 May 1,507 strong, excluding gentlemen volunteers and the city bands. | On 29 May the Royalists thought the besieging force was about 5,000 strong, but they may have been as few as 2,500 |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Worcester 1643, same recorded site
- Battle of Worcester 1651, 0.3 km
- Battle of Powick Bridge 1642, 2.7 km
- Battle of Upton 1651, 14 km
- Battle of Ripple Field 1643, 17 km
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Lathom House 2 December 1645
- After: Battle of Torrington 16 February 1646
- All 46 engagements of First English Civil War
Elsewhere in 1646
- Battle of Orbetello Italy
- Battle of Benburb United Kingdom
- Siege of Dunkirk France
- Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold United Kingdom
- Siege of Lérida Spain
Siege of Worcester is one of 979 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 599 in present-day United Kingdom.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q15277698, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Worcester, revision 1382693697, 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.