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The Ancient Parish of KNARESBOROUGH
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"KNARESBOROUGH, or Knaresbrough, a market and parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberties of St. Peter and Knaresborough; 5 miles from Ripley, 7 from Boroughbridge and Wetherby, 11 from Hopper Lane Inn, 12 from Ripon, 13 from Otley, 18 from Leeds and York, 24 from Skipton, 201 from London. Market, Wednesday. Fairs, January 13; first Wednesday after March 12; May 6, (unless it falls on a Sunday, then the day following,) first Wednesday after August 12; first Tuesday after October 11; Wednesday after December 10, for horned cattle, ., c. The sheep Fairs are held on the days preceding the first and last Fairs; the Statute days for servants, are on Wednesday before November 2, and Wednesday after. Bankers, Messrs. Harrison and Terrys, draw on Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co. 79, Lombard Street; Messrs. Coates and Co. draw on Sir James Esdaile, Bart. and Co. 21, Lombard Street. Principal Inns, Crown, Bay Horse, and Old Elephant and Castle. Pop. 5,283. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, £9. 9s. 4½d. Patron, Lord Rosslyn." (There is further information for Knaresborough).Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.
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[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- In an on-going project, Paul Marshall is transcribing, indexing and photographing gravestones around Harrogate:
- Grove Road Cemetery, Harrogate.
- Knaresborough Parish Church (St. John the Baptist).
- Christ Church, High Harrogate.
- Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- Internal view looking down the nave
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Knaresborough, showing the position of the church from across the river.
- Holy Trinity Church, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- The United Reformed Church, Knaresborough with the entrance to Holy Trinity alongside. (The Church's website is here.)
- The United Reformed Church, Knaresborough (view 2).
- Park Grove Methodist Church, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- Gracious Street Methodist Church, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- The former Methodist Church, Knaresborough, now a Methodist Hall.
- Christ Church, High Harrogate. (The Church's website is here.)
- Christ Church, High Harrogate (a different view).
- St. Peter's Church, Harrogate. (The Church's website is here.)
- Internal view looking down the nave
- Internal view looking across the nave
- Wesleyan Church, Harrogate.
- The former St. Luke's Church (now flats) (now flats), Harrogate.
- St. Mary's Church, Low Harrogate.
- St. Mark's Church, Harrogate (view 1).
- St. Mark's Church, Harrogate (view 2).
- St. Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate. (The Church's website is here.)
- Grove Road Methodist Church, Harrogate.
- Oatlands Methodist Church, Harrogate.
- Trinity Methodist Church, Harrogate.
- Woodlands Methodist Church, Harrogate.
- Wesley Methodist, Harrogate.
- The Baptist Church, Harrogate. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Paul's United Reformed Church, Harrogate. (The Church's website is here.)
- Internal view looking down the nave
- West Park U.R.C., Harrogate.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- St. Aelred's R.C. Church, Harrogate (left hand building). (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Aelred's R.C. Church, Harrogate (right hand building).
- St. Robert's R.C. Church, Harrogate.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- St. Andrew's Church, Starbeck. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. John the Evangelist's Church, Bilton (view 1)..
- St. John the Evangelist's Church, Bilton (view 2).
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The United Reformed Church, Bilton Grange.
- St. Bartholomew's Church, Arkendale.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The Church of St. John the Baptist, Brearton.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- The following Churches have their own websites:
- A transcription of Harrogate Baptist Church History
- A transcription of the Harrogate Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Knaresborough Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Knaresborough in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Arkendale in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Harrogate with Bilton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Knaresborough.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Arkendale.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Harrogate Christ Church.
- The list of Ministers in St. Paul's United Reformed Church, Harrogate.
- Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of
- The Knaresborough online site had a transcription of the Pigots 1841 Directory
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Knaresborough to another place.
- A transcription of the Harrogate Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Knaresborough Congregational Church History
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE350575 (Lat/Lon: 54.012334, -1.467398), Knaresborough which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- A transcription of the 1914-18 and 1939-45 names of the War Dead on the Cenotaph at Knaresborough.
- A transcription of the description of the various War Memorial plaques and windows in St. Peter's church, Harrogate.
- The World War I and II Memorial Plaques in St. Paul's URC Church, Harrogate.
- The World War I and World War II memorial at Arkendale.
- The the War Memorial in the grounds of Ashville College, Harrogate.
- The Memorial Plaque in St. Peter's Church, Harrogate.
- The Memorial Plaque for the Royal Naval Association in St Peter's Church.
- The War Memorial in the centre of Harrogate.
- The War Memorial at St. Mark's Church, Leeds Road, Harrogate.
- Harrogate Military Photographs 1916. A collection of over 1400 photographs of serviceman and women from the Harrogate area. This site contains an index to all entries, and scans can be obtained by e-mailing Paul Cooper, whose contact details appear on the page.
- The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (SE320577) Bilton Dene
- (SE347558) Calcutt
- (SE326539) Crimple
- (SE333565) Forest Lane Head
- (SE343557) Forest Moor
- (SE348563) Gallow Hill
- (SE373587) Hopewell House
- (SE379595) The Hollies
- (SE350555) Thistle Hill
- (SE327549) Woodlands
- The Northern Police Orphanage at St George's House, Otley Road, Harrogate looked after children of police families, mostly from North-East England. It was founded by Catherine Gurney in 1898 and closed in 1956.
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.