Siege of Carlisle (1644)

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Siege of Carlisle
Part of the First English Civil War
Carlisle Castle
Date October 1644 – 25 June 1645 Location Carlisle, Cumbria, North West England, England Result Covenanter/Parliamentarian Victory
Belligerents
Covenanters Parliamentarians	Royalists
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Leven	Sir Thomas Glennam Sir Henry Shadling
Strength
4,000[1]	700[2]
Casualties and losses
Low	Low

Carlisle

Marston Moor

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Northern England and Carlisle

The siege of Carlisle occurred during the First English Civil War when the allied forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliamentarians besieged Carlisle Castle which was held at the time by the English Royalist forces loyal to King Charles I. The siege took place in Carlisle, Cumbria from October 1644 to 25 June 1645.