Battle of Boldon Hill
1644 English Civil War battle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
54.946°N 1.430°W / 54.946; -1.430
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Marquess of Newcastle | Earl of Leven |
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The Battle of Boldon Hill was a day-long engagement that took place in modern-day Tyne and Wear between English Royalists and an army made up of Scottish Covenanters in alliance with Parliamentarians from nearby Sunderland on 24 March 1644 during the First English Civil War.[1][2] [3]