A treatise on the waters of Harrogate, and its vicinity / [Adam Hunter].

  • Hunter, Adam, 1794-1843.
Date:
[1845?]
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Credit: A treatise on the waters of Harrogate, and its vicinity / [Adam Hunter]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The name of Harrogate is derived from its being in the direct road from Knaresbrough to Heywra Park, and was anciently called Heywra- gate, as appears from a grant of land to St. Robert. This worthy was contemporary with King John, of Magna Charta notoriety ; and in those olden times was highly venerated in the neighbourhood. As a village, Harrogate, at a much later period, could scarcely be said to exist. Long after the discovery of the mineral springs, they were always referred to by authors as being in the forest of Knaresbrough. This forest formerly a wild and barren waste, com- prises a district twenty miles long by six or eight wide, which from some local judicatures still retains the appellation ; though now almost all inclosed, and covered with fruitful fields and smiling villages. The prospect from High Harrogate and the adjoining heights, is rich, beautiful, and extensive. York Minster, at the distance already mentioned may be distinctly seen. Still further to the east the view is terminated by the Yorkshire AV'olds and Hambleton Hills; while the west is more directly though distantly bounded by the bleak rugged moors of Crav’en. Being ^t nearly an equal distance from the German Ocean and the Irish Channel, it has been supposed, that from Harlow Hill, adjoining Low