The history of the castle, town, and forest of Knaresbrough, with Harrogate, and it's medicinal waters : including an account of the most remarkable places in the neighbourhood / by E. Hargrove.

  • Ely Hargrove
Date:
1821
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The history of the castle, town, and forest of Knaresbrough, with Harrogate, and it's medicinal waters : including an account of the most remarkable places in the neighbourhood / by E. Hargrove. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    West of these ruins, on the opposite hill, are the remains of a large camp. One mile from Heywra-Park, is I FEWSTON. * / This village probably takes its name from the Nor- man Fuist, which signifies large and lofty trees; and, for which, this part of the forest might have once been remarkable. The church here was given to the bre- thren of the house of St. Robert, at Knaresbrough, about the year 1351. The first minister that occurs, is William Plestiz, anno, 1234. It is a vicarage, and now in the gift of the lord chancellorj—its present annuahvalue, £70. Five miles from Fewston, is HAMPSTHWA1TE. [Ham, a village; and Thwaite, a field cleared of wood.] This town was parcel of the possessions of the lords Tiptoft. It is pleasantly situated on the southern banks of the river Nidd. The church, dedicated to Thomas-a-Becket, was anciently appendant to the mother church of Burgh. The patronage belonged to th« Stutevilles, lords of Knaresbrough; and, after- wards, to Richard, earl of Cornwall, who gave the advowson to the house of St. Robert.—-The first mi-