Knaresborough Heritage Centre Talk - The Forgotten War

The Forgotten War: The Civil War in Yorkshire 1642 - 1643Presented By Mike TurpinMost accounts of the English Civil War tend to concentrate on the southern counties between Oxford and London with perhaps a passing reference to the ‘Battle of Adwalton’ near Bradford and of course refer to the decisive battle on Marston Moor.

This talk looks at the start of the Civil War and argues that the war started in Yorkshire with Charles coming North to claim his arsenal at Hull.

The talk then describes the engagements between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians in mainly West and East Yorkshire culminating in the battle of Adwalton.