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971:Lancashire
959:Shropshire
943:Covenanter
865:Lagganmore
855:3rd Oxford
845:Torrington
811:Annan Moor
741:2nd Oxford
706:Inverlochy
662:Tippermuir
612:1st Oxford
597:Lyme Regis
483:Gloucester
359:Chichester
344:1st Exeter
284:Portsmouth
217:40 wounded
197:2,000 foot
22:53°14′04″N
1380:Hill 1955
1334:Bell 1832
1322:Hill 1955
1260:), where
1220:Aftermath
1161:Mansfield
1052:Mansfield
979:Yorkshire
746:Leicester
562:Newcastle
463:Lansdowne
433:Wakefield
403:Lichfield
398:Camp Hill
339:Tadcaster
319:Brentford
314:Aylesbury
210:50 killed
137:Royalists
51:Siege of
25:0°32′19″W
1214:materiel
1201:parapets
1153:Stamford
1066:Sleaford
1038:Stamford
998:Sleaford
963:Cheshire
931:Royalist
903:Royalist
771:Hereford
766:Langport
731:Auldearn
716:Weymouth
687:Carlisle
652:Ormskirk
632:Oswestry
587:Cheriton
557:Nantwich
488:2nd Hull
428:Stratton
309:Edgehill
289:Plymouth
274:1st Hull
215:8 killed
192:Strength
96:Location
74:Royalist
1415:Sources
1254:Tuxford
1205:quarter
1094:Winceby
1024:Lincoln
921:Prelude
891:Lincoln
776:Kilsyth
607:Lincoln
538:Arundel
503:Winceby
413:Reading
101:Lincoln
53:Lincoln
1470::
1431:
1250:Bawtry
1108:Newark
965:, and
826:Newark
756:Alford
751:Naseby
617:Bolton
572:Newark
173:
163:
112:Result
1288:Notes
1167:Siege
990:Trent
967:Wales
592:Selby
528:Alton
378:Leeds
1429:ISBN
1274:Bury
1252:and
1184:and
909:and
881:The
833:1646
699:1645
602:York
550:1644
366:1643
268:1642
88:Date
1478:138
1272:to
1493::
1446:.
1387:^
1356:^
1216:.
961:,
103:,
1480:.
1437:.
246:e
239:t
232:v
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