Tankersley Moor: The Lost Battle

In Mrs Newcastle’s somewhat starry eyed biography of her husband, she mentions that his forces defeated a significant Parliamentarian force at Tankersley Moor which is between Sheffield and Barnsley. It is also mentioned in his patent for Marquess. However, there appears to be little further direct evidence on this. Even Peter Newman in his thesis on … Continue reading Tankersley Moor: The Lost Battle