Consequences of the Siege

The Siege of Gloucester had both immediate and longer term consequences. It's effects are still felt by Gloucester today, more than 350 years later.

Obvious effects of the siege in 1643 were the number of properties destroyed and the negative impact upon the royalist cause. The South Gate collapsed immediately after the Siege was lifted, but was rebuilt. Charles II, when he was restored to the throne in 1660, had not forgotten the impact of Gloucester on his family. The defences were razed, and the city's boundaries were pulled in closer than those allocated by Richard II in 1483. Even now the area managed by the city council is still smaller than in 1643.