Qualla: Battle of Selby https://qualla.com/battle-of-selby en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/1/battle-of-selby-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Selby https://qualla.com/battle-of-selby Battle of Selby: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-selby/ Photo credit England_location_map.svg: *United_Kingdom_location_map.svg: NordNordWest England_Regions_-_Blank.svg: Ch1902 Northern_Ireland_location_map.svg: NordNordWest Europe_laea_location_map.svg: Alexrk2 derivative work: Spischot (talk) derivative work: Delusion23 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. The town had no walls. Selby's defence was geography - flooded fields, the River Ouse, water on three sides - and four roads cut through that defence to the town centre. The Royalists had built barricades across all four. On the morning of 11 April 1644, Parliamentarian regiments came down three of those roads at the same time. Within an hour and a half the Royalist garrison was broken, its commander captured, and the campaign that would end with the Royalist defeat at Marston Moor was underway.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/1/battle-of-selby-wp/gcx1-battle-of-selby-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Selby: Winter Raids https://qualla.com/battle-of-selby/ Photo credit England_location_map.svg: *United_Kingdom_location_map.svg: NordNordWest England_Regions_-_Blank.svg: Ch1902 Northern_Ireland_location_map.svg: NordNordWest Europe_laea_location_map.svg: Alexrk2 derivative work: Spischot (talk) derivative work: Delusion23 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. John Belasyse had been made Governor of York and commander of Royalist forces in Yorkshire in January 1644. The job was harder than it sounded. Through that winter, Parliamentarian raiding parties had ranged across the county - north as far as Whitby, west to Bradford - and Belas...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/1/battle-of-selby-wp/gcx1-battle-of-selby-winter-raids.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Selby: Fairfax and Son https://qualla.com/battle-of-selby/ Photo credit England_location_map.svg: *United_Kingdom_location_map.svg: NordNordWest England_Regions_-_Blank.svg: Ch1902 Northern_Ireland_location_map.svg: NordNordWest Europe_laea_location_map.svg: Alexrk2 derivative work: Spischot (talk) derivative work: Delusion23 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. Lord Fairfax brought a contingent from Hull. His son, Sir Thomas Fairfax - who would later command the New Model Army and become the most famous Parliamentarian general of the war - joined him from Cheshire with cavalry and Lancashire infantry. Colonel John Lambert came in from B...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/1/battle-of-selby-wp/gcx1-battle-of-selby-fairfax-and-son.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Selby: An Hour and a Half on Three Roads https://qualla.com/battle-of-selby/ Photo credit England_location_map.svg: *United_Kingdom_location_map.svg: NordNordWest England_Regions_-_Blank.svg: Ch1902 Northern_Ireland_location_map.svg: NordNordWest Europe_laea_location_map.svg: Alexrk2 derivative work: Spischot (talk) derivative work: Delusion23 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. On the morning of 11 April, Lord Fairfax led his regiment against the Ousegate barricade. Sir John Meldrum took his regiment down Gowthorpe Lane. Colonel Needham led the third regiment down Brayton Lane. Sir Thomas Fairfax waited with the Parliamentarian cavalry. Musket fire met ...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/1/battle-of-selby-wp/gcx1-battle-of-selby-an-hour-and-a-half-on-three-roads.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Selby: The Road to Marston Moor https://qualla.com/battle-of-selby/ Photo credit England_location_map.svg: *United_Kingdom_location_map.svg: NordNordWest England_Regions_-_Blank.svg: Ch1902 Northern_Ireland_location_map.svg: NordNordWest Europe_laea_location_map.svg: Alexrk2 derivative work: Spischot (talk) derivative work: Delusion23 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. Approximately 1,600 men of the Royalist garrison were taken captive, along with arms and ammunition. A few escaped on horse. The loss of Selby was a disaster for the Royalists in northern England. York was only 20 kilometres north and was now held by just two Royalist regiments. ...

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