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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. W. by N. from See also:York by a See also:branch of the See also:North Eastern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 4979. 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. 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. Knaresborough See also:Castle was probably founded in 1070 by Serlo de See also:Burgh. Its remains, however, are of the 14th See also:century, and include a massive keep rising finely from a cliff above the Nidd. 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. 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. Several of the excavations in the limestone, which is extensively quarried, are incorporated in dwelling-houses. 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. 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. The Knaresborough See also:free See also:grammar school was founded in 1616. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. See also:Lead ore was found and worked on Knaresborough See also:Common in the 16th century. 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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