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1325:"The Fortifications of Hull between 1321 and 1864"
1087:Within the week, Fairfax's army was back in Hull.
1458:Military history of the East Riding of Yorkshire
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1099:The position of siege forts around Hull in 1643
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1248:Giles, Bolingbroke Castle - A Brief History
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1407:Rodger, N. A. M. (1997).
1233:Plant, Civil War in Yorkshire, 1643
953:After the victory over the army of
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1386:Plant, David (12 February 2006).
1356:Our Friends at Bolingbroke Castle
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1134:arrived to control the
967:Battle of Adwalton Moor
930:First English Civil War
287:First English Civil War
98:Parliamentarian victory
31:First English Civil War
1375:Genealogical Gleanings
1350:Giles, Howard (2020).
1329:Archaeological Journal
1192:Battle of Marston Moor
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1417:"The Second Siege"
1381:on 5 October 2013.
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554:2nd Wardour Castle
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155:Sir Thomas Fairfax
1463:Conflicts in 1643
1183:Battle of Winceby
1141:On 22 September,
1005:Charles Cavendish
995:On 16 July 1643,
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380:Muster Green
365:Piercebridge
335:Kings Norton
325:Babylon Hill
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150:Lord Fairfax
107:Belligerents
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1392:BCW Project
1307:Rodger 1997
1176:Restoration
1073:siege train
1037:John Hotham
975:Lord Hopton
871:Bovey Heath
822:2nd Chester
817:Philiphaugh
812:2nd Bristol
767:3rd Taunton
757:2nd Taunton
723:2nd Newbury
713:1st Taunton
708:1st Chester
688:Lostwithiel
608:Boldon Hill
549:Heptonstall
529:1st Newbury
504:1st Bristol
82: /
1437:Categories
1316:References
1295:Evans 2018
1132:Employment
1105:siegeworks
955:Parliament
922:Parliament
896:Lagganmore
886:3rd Oxford
876:Torrington
842:Annan Moor
772:2nd Oxford
737:Inverlochy
693:Tippermuir
643:1st Oxford
628:Lyme Regis
514:Gloucester
390:Chichester
375:1st Exeter
315:Portsmouth
67:53°44′38″N
1210:Citations
1166:Aftermath
1027:Fairfaxes
999:captured
938:Yorkshire
777:Leicester
593:Newcastle
494:Lansdowne
464:Wakefield
434:Lichfield
429:Camp Hill
370:Tadcaster
350:Brentford
345:Aylesbury
120:Royalists
70:0°19′55″W
1398:9 August
1361:9 August
1198:See also
1067:Beverley
1055:and the
1046:Beverley
971:Royalist
961:and Sir
926:Royalist
802:Hereford
797:Langport
762:Auldearn
747:Weymouth
718:Carlisle
683:Ormskirk
663:Oswestry
618:Cheriton
588:Nantwich
519:2nd Hull
459:Stratton
340:Edgehill
320:Plymouth
305:1st Hull
238:Beverley
49:Location
29:Part of
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