KNARESBOROUGH
, a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Ripon See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 162 m
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W. by N. from See also:York by a See also:branch of the See also:North Eastern railway
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 4979
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Its situation is most picturesque, on the steep See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Nidd, which here follows a well-wooded valley, hemmed in by See also:limestone cliffs
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The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:John the Baptist is See also:Early See also:English, but has numerous Decorated and Perpendicular additions; it is a cruciform See also:building containing several interesting monuments
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Knaresborough See also:Castle was probably founded in 1070 by Serlo de See also:Burgh
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Its remains, however, are of the 14th See also:century, and include a massive keep rising finely from a cliff above the Nidd
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After the See also:battle of See also:Marston See also:Moor it was taken by See also:Fairfax, and in 1648 it was ordered to be dismantled
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To the See also:south of the castle is St See also:Robert's See also:chapel, an excavation in the See also:rock constructed into an ecclesiastical edifice in the reign of See also:Richard I
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Several of the excavations in the limestone, which is extensively quarried, are incorporated in dwelling-houses
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A little farther down the See also:rivet is St Robert's See also:cave, which is supposed to have been the See also:residence of the See also:hermit, and in 1744 was the See also:scene of the See also:murder of See also:Daniel See also:- CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
- CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
- CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
- CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
- CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
- CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
- CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
- CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
- CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
- CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
- CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
- CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)
Clarke by See also:Eugene See also:Aram, whose See also:story is told in See also:Lytton's well-known novel
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Opposite the castle is the Dropping Well, the See also:waters of which are impregnated with See also:lime and have petrifying See also:power, this See also:action causing the curious and beautiful incrustations formed where the See also:water falls over a slight cliff
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The Knaresborough See also:free See also:grammar school was founded in 1616
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There is a large agricultural See also:trade, and See also:linen and See also:leather manufactures and the quarries also employ a considerable number of persons
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Knaresborough (Canardesburg, Cnarreburc, Cknrreburg), which belonged to the See also:Crown before the See also:Conquest, formed See also:part of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Conqueror's See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant to his follower Serlo de Burgh
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Being forfeited by his See also:grandson Eustace FitzJohn in the reign of See also:Stephen, Knaresborough was granted to Robert de Stuteville, from whose descendants it passed through See also:marriage to See also:Hugh de Morville, one of the murderers of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Becket, who with his three accomplices remained in hiding in the castle for a whole See also:year
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During the 13th and 14th centuries the castle and lordship changed hands very frequently; they were granted successively to See also:Hubert de Burgh, whose son forfeited them after the battle of See also:Evesham, to Richard, See also:earl of See also:Cornwall, whose son See also:Edmund died849
without issue; to Piers See also:Gaveston, and lastly to John of Gaunt, See also:duke of See also:Lancaster, and so to the Crown as See also:parcel of the duchy of Lancaster
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In 1317 John de Lilleburn, who was holding the castle of Knaresburgh for Thomas duke of Lancaster against the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, surrendered under conditions to William de See also:Ros of Hamelak, but before leaving the castle managed to destroy all the records of the liberties and privileges of the town which were kept in the castle
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In 1368 an See also:inquisition was taken to ascertain these privileges, and the jurors found that the burgesses held " all the See also:soil of their See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough yielding 7s
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4d. yearly and doing suit at the king's See also:court." In the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII
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Knaresborough is said by See also:Leland to be " no See also:great thing and meanely builded but the market there is quik." During the See also:civil See also:wars Knaresborough was held for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time by the Royalists, but they were obliged to surrender, and the castle was among those ordered to be destroyed by See also:parliament in 1646
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A market on Wednesday and a fortnightly See also:fair on the same See also:day from the Feast of St See also:Mark to that of St See also:Andrew are claimed under a See also:charter of See also:Charles II. See also:con-firming earlier charters
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See also:Lead ore was found and worked on Knaresborough See also:Common in the 16th century
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From 1555 to 1867 the town returned two members to parliament, but in the latter year the number was reduced to one, and in 1885 the See also:representation was merged in that of the West Riding
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