NORTHALLERTON BATTLE AND CAMPAIGN Information from The UK Battlefields Resource Centre Provided by The Battlefields Trust http://battlefieldstrust.com/ Report compiled by: Glenn Foard: 24/07/2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE CAMPAIGN .............................................................................................................. 4 Summary......................................................................................................................... 4 Background..................................................................................................................... 4 Campaign ........................................................................................................................ 5 Consequences.................................................................................................................. 6 Further reading................................................................................................................ 7 THE BATTLE .................................................................................................................... 7 Summary......................................................................................................................... 7 The Armies...................................................................................................................... 9 Losses.......................................................................................................................... 9 English ...................................................................................................................... 10 Commanders ......................................................................................................... 10 Troops ................................................................................................................... 10 Scottish...................................................................................................................... 10 Commanders ......................................................................................................... 10 Troops ................................................................................................................... 11 The Story of the Battle.................................................................................................. 11 Deployment............................................................................................................... 12 English .................................................................................................................. 12 Scottish.................................................................................................................. 13 The Action ................................................................................................................ 13 The Aftermath........................................................................................................... 14 Assessment of the Battle........................................................................................... 15 Further Reading ............................................................................................................ 16 Secondary works....................................................................................................... 16 Contemporary Accounts ........................................................................................... 19 Extracts ................................................................................................................. 20 THE BATTLEFIELD ....................................................................................................... 23 Location .................................................................................................................... 23 Historic Terrain......................................................................................................... 24 Physical Geography .............................................................................................. 25 Settlements & townships....................................................................................... 26 Northallerton Battlefield Text Copyright © The Battlefields Trust 2003 Land Use ............................................................................................................... 26 Communications ................................................................................................... 27 Archaeology of the Battle ......................................................................................... 28 Research information................................................................................................ 30 Historic administrative areas................................................................................. 30 Sites and Monuments Record ............................................................................... 30 Portable Antiquities Officer.................................................................................. 30 Record Offices ...................................................................................................... 30 Local Studies Collections ..................................................................................... 30 Further reading.............................................................................................................. 30 Secondary works....................................................................................................... 31 Primary sources......................................................................................................... 31 British Geological Survey maps ........................................................................... 31 Historic Maps........................................................................................................ 31 Historic Documents .............................................................................................. 32 Management Assessment and Strategy......................................................................... 33 Assessment................................................................................................................ 33 Military History .................................................................................................... 33 Military Archaeology............................................................................................ 33 Historic Landscape................................................................................................ 33 Access ................................................................................................................... 33 Interpretation......................................................................................................... 34 Research Agenda ...................................................................................................... 34 Conservation Strategy............................................................................................... 34 Existing Designations ........................................................................................... 35 Threats................................................................................................................... 35 Management priorities .......................................................................................... 35 Conservation Information ......................................................................................... 35 Conservation status ............................................................................................... 35 Modern administrative areas................................................................................. 35 Local Archaeological curator................................................................................ 35 VISITING THE BATTLEFIELD..................................................................................... 35 The value of a site visit ............................................................................................. 35 Monuments ............................................................................................................... 36 The Battlefield Monument.................................................................................... 36 Interpretation on site ................................................................................................. 36 Other locations to visit.............................................................................................. 37 Museums............................................................................................................... 37 Tourist Offices ...................................................................................................... 37 Nearby battlefields................................................................................................ 37 Other nearby sites of historic military interest...................................................... 37 Battlefield visit.......................................................................................................... 37 Walk...................................................................................................................... 37 Drive ..................................................................................................................... 39 Access Information ..................................................................................................