NORTHALLERTON
, a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Richmond See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:North See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 30 M
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N.N.W. from See also:York by the North Eastern railway, on which it is an important junction
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1go1) 4009
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It lies in a See also:plain See also:west of the See also:Cleveland and Hambleton Hills, on the See also:Sun See also:Beck, a small tributary of the See also:river Wiske
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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 All See also:Saints is a large cruciform structure, See also:Norman, See also:Early See also:English and Perpendicular, with a central See also:tower 8o ft. in height
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There is a See also:grammar-school
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Among the charities are a See also:hospital founded in 1476 by See also:Richard See also:Moore
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There are no traces of the fortified See also:palace of the bishops of See also:Durham, of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Friars' monastery founded in 1354, or of the See also:Austin priory founded in 1341
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The town has a considerable agricultural See also:trade, and there are motor-See also:engineering See also:works
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In the See also:neighbour-See also:hood of Northallerton is the priory Of See also:Mount See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
Grace, a Carthusian See also:foundation of 1397
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It consists of an See also:outer See also:court entered through a See also:gatehouse, the church and See also:chapter-See also:house, with other buildings lying on the north See also:side, partly surrounded by monastic dwelling-houses
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These houses, with gardens attached, also surround three sides of the See also:cloister court, which lies north of the outer court
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In the vicinity are a monks' well and a ruined See also:chapel of the 16th See also:century
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Northallerton (Alvetune, Allerton) is said to have been a See also:Roman station and afterwards a Saxon " See also:burgh," but nothing is known with certainty about it before the See also:account given in the Domesday Survey, which shows that before the See also:Conquest See also:Earl See also:Edwin had held the See also:manor, but that the See also:Normans had destroyed it so utterly that it was still See also:waste in io86
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Soon after his See also:accession 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 See also:Rufus gave it to the See also:bishop of Durham, whose successors continued to hold it until it was taken over by the ecclesiastical commissioners in 1865
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As a 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 by See also:prescription Northallerton returned two members to the See also:parliament of 1298, but was not represented again until 164o, when its See also:ancient privileges were restored
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The Municipal Reform See also:Act of 1832 reduced the number of members to one, and in 1885 the town was disfranchised
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The first account of the borough and its privileges is contained in an See also:inquisition taken in 1333 after the See also:death of See also:Anthony, bishop of Durham, which shows that the burgesses held the town with the markets and fairs at a See also:fee-See also:farm See also:rent of 40 marks yearly, and that they had two See also:reeves who sat in court with the bishop's See also:bailiff to hear the disputes of the townspeople
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This See also:form of See also:government continued until 1851, when a See also:local See also:board was formed, which in 1894 was superseded by an urban district See also:council
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A weekly market on Wednesday was granted by 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 See also:John to the bishop in 1205
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A subsequent bishop obtained a 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 of a See also:fair on St See also:Bartholomew's See also:day, which according to See also:Camden (circa 1585), had become almost " the most thronged " See also:cattle fair in England, but is no longer held
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In 1317 the town was burnt by the Scots under See also:Robert See also:Bruce, although the burgesses paid 3000 marks that it might be spared
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In consequence they were exempted from taxes in 1319
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See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History, Yorkshire; C
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Ingledew, The History and Antiquities of Northallerton in the County of York (1858) ; I
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Saywell, The History and See also:Annals of Northallerton (1885)
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