Battle of Boldon Hill

54°56′46″N 1°25′48″W / 54.946°N 1.430°W / 54.946; -1.430

Battle of Boldon Hill
Part of the First English Civil War
Date24 March 1644
Location
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
England England Scotland Scotland
Commanders and leaders
Marquess of Newcastle Earl of Leven
Battle of Boldon Hill is located in Tyne and Wear
Boldon Hill
Boldon Hill
Newcastle
Newcastle
Sunderland
Sunderland
Durham
Durham
Tyne and Wear and Boldon Hill

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]

  1. ^ McRae (2013), pp. 57–58.
  2. ^ English Civil War.
  3. ^ "Football: A rivalry with roots in kings and coal". TheGuardian.com. 23 October 2005.