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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 193 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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. N.W. of See also:Leeds by the Midland railway, served also by the See also:Lancashire and Yorkshire railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 11,986. 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. 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. Of the See also:ancient See also:building of de Romille all that remains is the western See also:doorway of the inner castle. In the castle grounds are the remains of the ancient See also:chapel of St See also:John. The See also:church of the See also:Holy Trinity, mainly Perpendicular, was also partly demolished during the See also:Civil See also:War, but was restored by the countess of Pembroke. The See also:free See also:grammar-school was founded in 1548 by See also:William Ermysted, a See also:canon of St See also:Paul's, See also:London. There are also See also:science and See also:art See also:schools. There are extensive woollen and See also:cotton factories, .and, in the neighbourhood, a large See also:limestone See also:quarry. Skipton was the See also:capital of the ancient district of See also:Craven.

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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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