Dorset was a significant area in the English Civil War. Significant sieges include those at Corfe Castle and Sherborne Castle.[1]
Background[]
Dorset was majority Royalist, except for in Lyme Regis and in Poole.[2]
1642[]
The Battle of Babylon Hill was fought at Babylon Hill in 1642, but the conflict was inconclusive.[3]
1643[]
The Royalist stronghold Corfe Castle was destroyed in the English Civil War
Mary Bankes was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a three-year siege inflicted by the parliamentarians.
Portland Castle was captured by a group of Royalists who gained access by pretending to be Parliamentary soldiers.[4]
1644[]
The Siege of Lyme Regis was an eight-week blockade of Lyme Regis.
1645[]
The Battle of Weymouth took place.[5]
References[]
- ↑ "“Vile Ministers” and “Poor Silly Creatures” | Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine" (in en-US). https://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2008/10/vile-ministers-and-poor-silly-creatures/.
- ↑ Moseley 2015.
- ↑ "The A-to-Z of Yeovil's History - by Bob Osborn". http://www.yeovilhistory.info/babylon.htm.
- ↑ Lawson 2002, pp. 19, 24; Harrington 2007, p. 49
- ↑ Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Proceedings. Robarts - University of Toronto. Dorchester [etc.]. https://archive.org/details/proceedings31dorsuoft.
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