Siege of Carlisle (December 1745)
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| Second Jacobite Rising |
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| Highbridge – Prestonpans – 1st Carlisle – Clifton – 2nd Carlisle – Inverurie – Falkirk – Culloden |
When Charles Edward Stuart retreated north back into Scotland he left an English Jacobite regiment called the Manchester Regiment to guard Carlisle against Government troops so that he at least held one town in England.
The Jacobite garrison left to hold Carlisle surrendered to Hanoverian forces under the Duke of Cumberland.
The Jacobite prisoners were kept chained in various locations under extreme conditions until the summer of 1745, when they were hung, drawn and disemboweled for High Treason. This is said to have been the last siege on English soil.
