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Battle of Adwalton Moor

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1643Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1643

William Cavendish Devonshire, 1st30 June 1643

Adwalton Moor · Warfare / Civil War

The Parliamentary forces are driven back to Hull. Defeats a Parliamentary force under Lord Fairfax. After the Battle of Adwalton Moor the royalists occupy the West Riding of Yorkshire

Thomas Fairfax30 June 1643

Adwalton Moor · Warfare / Civil War

Fairfax fights in the Parliamentarian defeat at Adwalton Moor and withdraws as Royalist power expands across Yorkshire.

Thomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rd30 June 1643

Adwalton Moor · Warfare / Civil War

The Parliamentary forces are driven back to Hull. Defeated by the Royalists near Bradford. After the Battle of Adwalton Moor the royalists occupy the West Riding of Yorkshire

Names involved

Thomas FairfaxThomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rdWilliam Cavendish Devonshire, 1st

Provenance

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