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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. N.N.W. from See also:York by the North Eastern railway, on which it is an important junction. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1go1) 4009. 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. 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. There is a See also:grammar-school. Among the charities are a See also:hospital founded in 1476 by See also:Richard See also:Moore. 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. The town has a considerable agricultural See also:trade, and there are motor-See also:engineering See also:works. 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. 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. These houses, with gardens attached, also surround three sides of the See also:cloister court, which lies north of the outer court. In the vicinity are a monks' well and a ruined See also:chapel of the 16th See also:century.
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. 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. 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. The Municipal Reform See also:Act of 1832 reduced the number of members to one, and in 1885 the town was disfranchised. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. In consequence they were exempted from taxes in 1319.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History, Yorkshire; C. J. D. Ingledew, The History and Antiquities of Northallerton in the County of York (1858) ; I. L. Saywell, The History and See also:Annals of Northallerton (1885).
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