Battle of Seacroft Moor

Battle of Seacroft Moor
Part of the First English Civil War
Date 30 March 1643 Location Whinmoor moor near Seacroft West Riding of Yorkshire 53°51′N 1°24′W / 53.85°N 1.40°W / 53.85; -1.40 Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
George Goring	Sir Thomas Fairfax
Strength
c. 20 troops horse[1]	c. 2 troops horse[1] 4,000 foot[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	100-200 killed[1][2] 1000 captured[1][2]

Battle site

Tadcaster

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West Yorkshire and Seacroft

The Battle of Seacroft Moor took place in Whinmoor moor near the village of Seacroft, north-east of Leeds in West Riding on 30 March 1643 during the First English Civil War. In the battle, a Parliamentarian force commanded by Lieutenant-General Thomas Fairfax was decisively beaten by a Royalist cavalry force commanded by George Goring.