What is recorded here
Part of the English Civil War; victory for the Parliamentarians uner Sydnam Poyntz
Royalist and Parliamentarian forces fought the Battle of Sherburn in Elmet in 1645; the Parliamentarians under Sydnam Poyntz defeated the Royalists, securing control of the region and weakening the Royalist position in Yorkshire.
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