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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 27 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HARROGATE , a municipal See also:

borough and watering-See also:place in the See also:Ripon See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:York-See also:shire, See also:England, 203 M. N. by W. from See also:London, on the See also:North-Eastern railway. Pop. (1891) 16,316; (1901) 28,423. It is indebted for its rise and importance to its medicinal springs, and is the See also:principal inland watering-place in the north of England. It consists of two scattered townships, See also:Low Harrogate and High Harrogate, which have gradually been connected by a continuous range of handsome houses and villas. A See also:common called the Stray, of 200 acres, secured by See also:act of See also:parliament from ever being built upon, stretches in front of the See also:main See also:line of houses, and on this See also:account Harrogate, notwithstanding its rapid increase, has retained much of its rural See also:charm. As regards See also:climate a choice is offered between the more bracing See also:atmosphere of High Harrogate and the sheltered and warm climate of the low See also:town. The See also:waters are chalybeate, sulphureous and saline, and some of the springs possess all these qualities to a greater or less extent. The principal chalybeate springs are the Tewitt well, called by Dr See also:Bright, who wrote the first account of it, the " See also:English See also:Spa," discovered by See also:Captain See also:William Slingsby of See also:Hilton See also:Hall near the See also:close of the 16th See also:century; the Royal Chalybeate Spa, more commonly known as See also:John's Well, discovered in 1631 by Dr See also:Stanhope of York; See also:Muspratt's chalybeate or chloride of See also:iron See also:spring discovered in 1819, but first properly analysed by Dr See also:Sheridan Muspratt in 1865; and the Starbeck springs midway between High Harrogate and See also:Knaresborough. The principal See also:sulphur springs are the old sulphur well in the centre of Low Harrogate, discovered about the See also:year 1656; the See also:Montpellier springs, the principal well of which was discovered in 1822, situated in the grounds of the See also:Crown Hotel and surmounted by a handsome See also:building in the See also:Chinese See also:style, containing See also:pump-See also:room, See also:baths and See also:reading-room; and the Harlow See also:Car springs, situated in a wooded glen about a mile west from Low Harrogate. Near Harlow Car is Harlow See also:observatory, a square See also:tower See also:loo ft. in height, See also:standing on elevated ground and commanding a very extensive view.

A saline spring situated in Low Harrogate was discovered in 1783. Some eighty springs in all have been discovered. The principal See also:

bath establishments are the See also:Victoria Baths (1871) and the Royal Baths (1897). There are also a handsome kursaal (1903), a See also:grand See also:opera See also:house, numerous See also:modern churches, and several hospitals and benevolent institutions, including the Royal Bath See also:hospital. The See also:corporation owns the Stray, and also the Spa See also:concert rooms and grounds, Harlow See also:Moor, See also:Crescent Gardens, Royal Bath gardens and other largeopen spaces, as well as Royal Baths, Victoria Baths and Starbeck Baths. The See also:mineral springs are vested in the corporation. The high-lying moorland of the surrounding See also:district is diversified by picturesque dales; and Harrogate is not far from many towns and sites of See also:great See also:interest, such as Ripon, Knaresborough and Fountains See also:Abbey. The town was incorporated in 1884, and the corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors. See also:Area, 3276 acres.

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