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SKIPTON
, a See also:market See also:town in the Skipton See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 26 M
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N.W. of See also:Leeds by the Midland railway, served also by the See also:Lancashire and Yorkshire railway
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 11,986
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It is picturesquely situated in the hilly district of the upper valley of the See also:river See also:Aire, the course of which is followed by the Leeds and See also:Liverpool See also:canal
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The strong See also:castle built by See also:Robert de Romille in the See also:time of the Conqueror was partly demolished in 1648, but was restored by the countess of See also:Pembroke
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Of the See also:ancient See also:building of de Romille all that remains is the western See also:doorway of the inner castle
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In the castle grounds are the remains of the ancient See also:chapel of St See also: At the See also:Norman See also:accession it became See also:part of the possessions of See also:Earl See also:Edwin, and was granted to Robert de Romille . Subsequently it went to the See also:Albemarle See also:family, but .was.again vested in the See also:Crown, and See also:Edward II. bestowed it on,Piers de See also:Gaveston . In 1311 it came into the See also:possession of the Cliffords . The castle See also:xxv . 7was taken by the parliamentary forces in 1645 after a desultory See also:siege of three years . |
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