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The World Turned Upside Down – The British Civil Wars 1638-1651

Living through civil war sieges in Newark – the civilian experience

31 min • 15 november 2024

In the seventeenth century the market town of Newark sat at the lowest bridging point across the River Trent astride the Great North Road which linked London with the north and Scotland. Unsurprisingly, control of this town became a strategic objective for both sides during First Civil War. Besieged not once but three times, by ... Read more

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