Battle of Seacroft Moor

Battle of Seacroft Moor
Part of the First English Civil War
Date30 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 c. 2 troops horse
4,000 foot
Casualties and losses
Unknown 100–200 killed
1,000 captured
Battle site
Tadcaster
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.

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