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	Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron
		He was driven from York, where he was besieging the Royalists, to Selby[?]; then in 1643 to Leeds; and after beating off an attack at that place he was totally defeated on 30 June 1643 at the Battle of Adwalton Moor[?].
		He escaped to Hull, which he successfully defended against Newcastle from 2 September until 11 October 1643, and by means of a brilliant sally caused the siege to be raised.
		Fairfax was victorious at Selby[?] on 11 April 1644, and joining the Scots, besieged York, after which he was present at the Battle of Marston Moor (2 July 1644), where he commanded the infantry and was routed.
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	Battle of Adwalton Moor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Adwalton Moor was a battle in the English Civil War on 30 June 1643.
		The site of the battle is near Bradford and is now in an area of urban rural fringe, (map reference SE2228).
		There is a display relating to the battle at Bolling Hall, one of Bradford's Museums which lies a few miles from the site.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Adwalton_Moor (289 words)

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	William Cavendish, duke of Newcastle, 1592-1676
		At the battle of Adwalton Moor (30 June 1643), Newcastle with 10,000 men beat the Fairfaxes 4,000, and secured all of Yorkshire, at least for the moment.
		In the aftermath of the battle, Newcastle's troops even captured Thomas Fairfax's wife, but in a gesture typical of his attitude to war, she was sent to join Fairfax at Hull.
		During the battle Newcastle played an active part, even killing three of the enemy himself while supporting an attack, but once it was clear the battle was lost, he and Eythin made their way back to north.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/people_newcastle.html (1155 words)

	BBC - Bradford and West Yorkshire - Words - Reviews - Battlefield Walks in Yorkshire
		They will not be disappointed, for all the famous ones are here: from Marston Moor's other claim to fame to that other battle in 1066, the one the history books often forget.
		The author begins with the Battle of Heathfield fought in AD633 between the Northumbrians and the Britons from further south.
		Naturally, with the battle being so long ago, nothing much remains to be seen today in fact, even the location at the village of Hatfield near Doncaster is uncertain.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bradford/culture/words/book_reviews_battlefields.shtml (676 words)

	UK Battlefields Resource Centre - The Civil Wars - The Campaign for the North 1643 - The Battle of Battle of Adwalton ...
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		On the 30th June 1643 in the battle of Adwalton Moor the dogged resistance of parliament’s heavily outnumbered Northern Association army was finally broken.
		Despite this, a substantial part of the moor is still unenclosed common, though encircled by housing, while a large part of the enclosures of 1643 still survive undeveloped.
	www.battlefieldstrust.com /resource-centre/civil-war/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=4 (361 words)

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	Adwalton, Drighlington, Birstall Parish
		On Adwalton moor a battle was fought, in 1642, between the parliamentarians under Lord Fairfax, in which the latter were defeated.
		The hamlet of Adwalton (part of the township of Drighlington) in Birstall Parish was divided into two enumeration districts (#1 and #2) in the 1841 census.
		Adwalton and Drighlington are described as "two ancient villages on the Wakefield road" a half mile from one another.
	www.maggieblanck.com /Land/Adwalton.html (2252 words)

	Battle of Marston Moor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Marston Moor, which took place on July 2, 1644, was the largest battle of the English Civil War, and one of the most decisive.
		On July 2, the Allied armies were already marching south from Marston Moor when their rearguard reported that the Royalists were crossing the captured bridge of boats and advancing onto the moor.
		In the aftermath of the battle, the body of his lapdog, "Boye", was discovered.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Marston_Moor (1905 words)

	Wikipedia: 1643
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		July 13 - English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down - In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller.
		The Royalist forces supporting Charles I in the English Civil War win the Battle of Adwalton Moor and gain control of Yorkshire.
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	Online Archaeology - UK Archaeology Map
		The battle of Naseby was fought on the morning of the 14th June 1645.
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		The battle of Lansdown Hill was fought between the armies of Sir William Waller and Sir Ralph Hopton on 5th July 1643.
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	History: June 30
		The Battle of Adwalton Moor (also called Atherton Moor) is fought, as the Royalists under the Earl of Newcastle defeat the Parliamentarians.
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	English Civil War Battles - Quick Quiz
		The Battle of Adwalton Moor was a victory for Parliament.
		The Battle of Marston Moor was a victory for Parliament.
		The Battle of Naseby was fought in 1643.
	www.historyonthenet.com /Civil_War/battlesquickquiz.htm (124 words)

	Adwalton Adwalton - UK Adwalton web sites & information Adwalton West Yorkshire England BD11
		The Earl of Newcastleand#39;s victory at Adwalton Moor left the Royalists in control of all Civil war in the West Riding of Yorkshire [offsite].
		Adwalton Adwalton is a village in the English county of...
		Adwalton is a village in the English county of West Yorkshire.
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	Yorkshire history
		that at the cessation of the cavalry Battle of Winceby, fought upon the same day in Lincolnshire with the assistance of Sir Thomas Fairfax and his troops of horse, four miles east of Horncastle and about 40 miles from Hull, the noise from the discharge of the guns at Hull could be plainly heard.
		Hull was still safely held for the Parliament and subsequent Royalist withdrawals to the vicinity of York soon led to the besieging of that city by Parliamentary and Scottish armies.
		Apart from singular small and isolated garrisons the entire north was transferred from the control of the king to that of Parliament.
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	English Civil War
		Between 1642 and 1651 a struggle for power took place in Britain between Parliament and King Charles I. In 1649 the King was beheaded and his son attempted to continue the fight, being forced to flee the country only after his defeat at Worcester in 1651.
		Both armies fought to a standstill and the outcome could be regarded as a draw though, historians generally give the victory to the King.
		The battle of Marston Moor is especially famous for the Earl of Newcastle’s White Coat regiments heroic last stand.
	www.thomasballards.com /english_civil_war.htm (1456 words)

	Access to History Online
		Battle of Edgehill; King able to move towards London.
		Battle of Adwalton Moor; defeat of parliamentarians in
		Battle of Naseby; military and political disaster for the King.
	www.accesstohistory.co.uk /U12A/chronology2.htm (550 words)

	Main dates of the civil wars Main History Page Map
		Battle of Adwalton Moor, Yorkshire - Parliament defeated
		The Scots invade England for the King, and are defeated at the Battle of Preston, Lancashire
		Battle of Worcester – the Scots defeated by Cromwell
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	Leodis-Civil War
		The battle on Adwalton Moor saw the parliamentary army, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax, defeated by royalist forces.
		On their advance the royalists retreated to York and were a short time later, defeated at the battle of Marston Moor.
		Colonel Thoresby, the father of the noted Leeds antiquary Ralph Thoresby, commanded one of the Leeds parliamentary regiments at Marston Moor.
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	1643: Civil War in Yorkshire
		The defeat of Seacroft Moor was a serious blow to the Yorkshire Parliamentarians, but Sir Thomas had the consolation of finding that Lord Fairfax had reached Leeds unmolested with the main force from Selby.
		The Earl of Newcastle's victory at Adwalton Moor left the Royalists in control of all of Yorkshire except for the port of Hull and the Fairfaxes' precarious position at Bradford.
		The small force of 100 troopers was engaged in a running battle with Royalist cavalry for much of the way, but succeeded in crossing over to Hull on the evening of 4 July.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /military/1643-yorkshire.htm (2258 words)

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		O’Cahan's were in reserve as battle commenced, but once we got into action, things moved quickly and fiercely.
		Sometimes we charged in alone, and in later engagements we were in support with The Marquis Of Newcastle’s and Hopton’s regimentes of Foote.
		Battle was followed by a dignified moment of silence for the fallen of the real Adwalton Moor conflict, and then we marched off.
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	Ye Olde England: A detailed description of the happenings of the Battle of Edgehill.
		Hopton then began the battle that he had thought not to fight by allowing his force to assail the hill.
		Rupert sent a cavalry screen ahead to Marston Moor, to be observed by the allies.
		The royalists, on the moor itself, had Goring's horse opposite Fairfax and Sir John Byron's horse opposite Cromwell.
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	Somerset Gateway UK. English Civil War
		Hostilities began in 1642 and a series of Royalist defeats (at Marston Moor in 1644, and then at Naseby in 1645) culminated in Charles's capture in 1647, and execution in 1649.
		After this initial battle, a series of victories followed for both sides, with the Royalists taking control of most of Yorkshire after the Battle of Adwalton Moor in June 1643, while the Parliamentarians won the Battle of Marston Moor in July 1644.
		The army was nationally organized and regularly paid, was commanded by Thomas Cromwell and Sir Thomas Fairfax, and won a resounding victory at the Battle of Naseby, near Leicester, which brought the first stage of the war to an end in June 1645.
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	1643 - The Encyclopedia
		March 13 - First Battle of Middlewich in the English Civil War.
		During this battle the Roundheads routed the Cavaliers at Middlewich in Cheshire, England
		June 30 - Cavaliers (supporters of Charles I in the English Civil War) win the Battle of Adwalton Moor and gain control of Yorkshire
	www.the-encyclopedia.com /description/1643 (603 words)

	UK Battlefields Resource Centre - Britons, Saxons & Vikings
		Many battles are documented from this period in Britain, involving figures as much of legend as of history, such as King Arthur.
		Though we know the names of many battles, such as Dyrham or Ethandun, for none before the 10th century is the battlefield securely located.
		Thus it ushered in a new character to warfare, dominated by the mounted knight.
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	UK Battlefields Resource Centre - The Civil Wars - The Battle of Battle of Nantwich
		The Northern Association forces had retreated on Hull after their defeat by the royalists the previous summer at Adwalton Moor, but now Sir Thomas Fairfax advanced to the relief of the town, marching with some 5,000 troops of out of Lincolnshire.
		The pattern of hedgerows today is very similar to that in 19th century, though with some loss, but it is uncertain which, if any of these survive from the time of the battle.
		The area of action where the garrison broke out in support of Fairfax is being encroached upon by development on the edge of the town, while the Shropshire union canal has cut across the very heart of the battlefield.
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