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HARROGATE , a municipal 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 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
- 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 Slingsby of See also:Hilton See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
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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