The Great Siege of Newcastle by Rosie Serdiville and John Sadler is available on Amazon.
More about the Newcastle town walls
https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/newcastle-city-walls/
http://newcastlephotos.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/town-walls.html
http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/1932.html
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1019813
The siege of York and the Battle of Marston Moor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marston_Moor
http://wiki.bcw-project.org/royalist/foot-regiments/sir-william-lambton
The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian articles about the civil war origins of the rivalry between Newcastle and Sunderland
You need to treat the two articles below with a bit of caution. They don't let the facts get in the way of a good story!! I include them here for a chuckle.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/11306241/Newcastle-vs-Sunderland-Why-is-the-Tyne-Wear-derby-such-a-big-deal.html
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/oct/23/newsstory.sport
More about the Newcastle town walls
https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/newcastle-city-walls/
http://newcastlephotos.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/town-walls.html
http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/1932.html
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1019813
The siege of York and the Battle of Marston Moor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marston_Moor
http://wiki.bcw-project.org/royalist/foot-regiments/sir-william-lambton
The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian articles about the civil war origins of the rivalry between Newcastle and Sunderland
You need to treat the two articles below with a bit of caution. They don't let the facts get in the way of a good story!! I include them here for a chuckle.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/11306241/Newcastle-vs-Sunderland-Why-is-the-Tyne-Wear-derby-such-a-big-deal.html
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/oct/23/newsstory.sport