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WENSLEYDALE , the name given to the upper See also:part of the valley of the See also:river Ure in the See also:North See also:Riding, See also:Yorkshire, See also:England. It is celebrated equally for its picturesque scenery and for the numercus points of See also:historical and other See also:interest within it. The Ure rises near the border of Yorkshire and See also:Westmorland, in the uplands of the Pennine See also:Chain. Its course is generally easterly as See also:long as it is confined by these uplands, but on debauching upon the central See also:plain of Yorkshire it takes a See also:south-easterly turn and flows past See also:Ripon and See also:Boroughbridge to See also:form, by its See also:union with the Swale, the river See also:Ouse, which drains to the See also:Humber. The name Wensleydale is derived from the See also:village of Wensley, some 25 M. from the source of the river, and is primarily applied to a See also:section of the valley extending 10 m. upstream from that point, but is generally taken to embrace the whole valley from its source to a point near Jervaulx See also:abbey, a distance of nearly 40 m., below which the valley widens out upon the plain. The See also:dale is traversed by a See also:branch of the North-Eastern railway from See also:Northallerton.
As far up as See also:Hawes, the dale presents a See also:series of landscapes in which the broken See also:limestone crags of the valley-walls and the high-lying See also:moors beyond them contrast finely with the See also:rich See also:land at the See also:foot of the hills. Beyond Hawes, towards the source, the valley soon becomes wide, See also:bare and shallow, less rich in contrast, but wilder. On both sides throughout the dale numerous narrow tributary vales open out. Small waterfalls are numerous. The See also:chief are Aysgarth Force, on the See also:main stream, See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill Gill Force on a tributary near Askrigg, and Hardraw Scaur beyond Hawes, the finest of all, which shoots forth over a projecting ledge of limestone so as to leave a clear passage behind it. The surrounding cliffs See also:complete a See also:fine picture. The small river See also:Bain, joining the Ure near Askrigg, forms a See also:pretty See also:lake called Semerer or Semmer See also:Water, m. in length.
Following the valley upward, the points of chief interest apart from the scenery are these. JERV AULx ABBEY was founded in 1x56 by See also:Cistercians from Byland, who had previously settled near Askrigg. The remains are mainly transitional See also:Norman and See also:Early See also:English, and are not extensive. Of the See also:great 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 hardly any fragments rise above ground-level, but the See also:chapter-See also:house, See also:refectory and cloisters remain in part, and the See also:ivy-clad ruins stand in a beautiful setting of woodland. Above the small See also:town of MIDDLEHAM, where there are large training stables, rises the Norman keep of See also:Robert Fitz-Ranulph, which passed to the Nevills, being held by 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-maker," See also:Warwick. The subsidiary buildings date down to the 14th See also:century. In See also:Cover Dale near Middleham is the ruined Premonstratensian abbey of CovERHAM, founded here in the 13th century and retaining a See also:gatehouse and other portions of Decorated date. Farther up Wensleydale See also:BOLTON See also:CASTLE stands high on the north See also:side. This was the stronghold of the Scropes, founded by See also:Richard I.'s See also:chancellor of that name. Its walls, four corner-towers and fine position still give it an See also:appearance of great strength.
See also:WENTWORTH; the name of an English See also:family distinguished in the See also:parliamentary See also:history of the 16th and 17th centuries. The Wentworths traced descent from 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 Wentworth (d. 1308) of Wentworth Woodhouse, in Yorkshire, who was the ancestor of no fewer than eight distinct lines of the family, two main branches of which were settled in the 14th century at Wentworth Woodhouse and North Elmshall respectively. From the See also:elder, or Wentworth Woodhouse branch, were descended 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 Wentworth the celebrated See also:earl of See also:Strafford (q.v.), and through him the See also:Watson-Wentworths, marquesses of See also:Rockingham in the 18th century, and the earls See also:FitzWilliam of the See also:present See also:day. To the younger branch belonged See also:Roger Wentworth (d. 1452), great-great-See also:grandson of the above-mentioned William. Roger, who was a son of See also:John Wentworth (fl. 1413) of North Elmshall, Yorkshire, acquired the See also:manor of Nettlestead in See also:Suffolk in right of his wife, a See also:grand-daughter of Robert, See also:Baron Tibetot, in whose lands this manor had been included, and who died leaving an only daughter in 1372. Roger's son 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 (d. 1482) was twice married; by his first wife he was the ancestor of the Wentworths of Gosfield, See also:Essex;by his second of the Wentworths of Lillingstone See also:Lovell, See also:Buckinghamshire.' Another of Roger Wentworth's sons, See also:Sir See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip Wentworth, was the grandfather of Margery, wife of Sir John See also:Seymour, See also:mother of the See also:Protector See also:Somerset and of Henry VIII.'s wife Jane Seymour, and grandmother of King See also:Edward VI. Margery's See also:brother Sir Robert Wentworth (d. 1528) married a daughter of Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Tyrrell, the reputed murderer of Edward V. and his brother in the See also:Tower; and Sir Robert's son by this See also:marriage, Thomas Wentworth (1501-1551), was summoned to See also:parliament by See also:writ in 1529 as Baron Wentworth of Nettlestead. He was one of the peers who signed the See also:letter to the See also:pope in favour of Henry VIII.'s See also:divorce from See also:Catherine of See also:Aragon, and was one of the See also:judges of See also:Anne See also:Boleyn. He was See also:lord chamber-lain to Edward VI., and died in 1551 leaving sixteen See also:children.
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