Battle of Newburn 1640
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Outline: officially registered battlefield boundary. Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 28 August 1640 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1640 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | England | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Bishops' Wars | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 54.9833, -1.7514 | Wikidata P625 |
| Official record | Historic England list entry 1000025 | OGL v3 |
| Registered area | 342.7 ha | OGL v3 |
About the battle
The Battle of Newburn, 28 August 1640, was the decisive action of the Second Bishops' War. Fought near Newburn in northern England, a Covenanter army under Alexander Leslie defeated a smaller English force led by Viscount Conway.
Victory enabled the Scots to take Newcastle upon Tyne, which provided the bulk of London's coal supplies, and allowed them to put pressure on Charles I of England. The October 1640 Treaty of Ripon required him to recall Parliament to ratify the peace settlement. He did so in November 1640, a key element in the events leading to the outbreak of the First English Civil War in August 1642.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Newburn (revision 1377052924), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
Battlefield boundary © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See also this battlefield on Battlefields of Britain.
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