This once led to the friary (the Trinitarian House of St Robert) that stood just below the Chapel of our Lady of the Crag. After his visit in around 1538, he wrote of ‘a Welle of a wonderful nature, caullid Droping Welle. */ The Long Walk was used by Madame Doreen, palmist and clairvoyant, who gave special consultations by appointment. Read and share Browse The earliest known description is by John Leland, the antiquary of Henry VIII. As an on-line business operating in a rural area. It was bought in 1986 by a company then headed by Frank McBratney and Paul Daniels, and its name was changed to Mother Shipton’s Cave Ltd. To the west of the station is the 300-foot, four-span (each 56 feet 9 inches wide) viaduct designed by Thomas Grainger Engineering and built by a 270-strong workforce led by George Wilson, a railway contractor. Robert Ashton, one of the organisers of the Pilgrimage of Grace, was a friar here in the 1530s. Ticket: Knaresborough has a fascinating and varied history. The washing, part of the pub and Horsman’s are no more, but much else remains the same. Knaresborough has a fascinating and varied history. Learn how your comment data is processed. Francis Frith The UK’s leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Other famous residents include John of Gaunt, Mary (Mother) Shipton and Guy Fawkes. My husband and I spent our honeymoon at Ye Olde Feathers Hotel, sadly no longer there. The development of the name of the town is explored in ‘From Chenaresburg to Knaresborough’. { The arrival of electricity meant that this was replaced by a hideous transformer and a tall stand, with lamps on three branches. Above and beyond Bond End was the free burg of Knaresborough itself, whose inhabitants were in 1310 granted the various freedoms enjoyed by burgesses. Knaresborough History. on Knaresborough This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. .rss-feed Even the surrounding landscape of picturesque woods, rivers and other natural phenomena all tell their own story of their contribution to this unique market town here in North Yorkshire. Old photos and the history of Knaresborough has 3,088 members. flexible offerings for business. It will always have a special place in my heart. A supposedly fourteenth-century-style cross in a circle now decorates Market Place. Local legend Blind Jack (really John Metcalf 1717–1810) now occupies a bench nearby, impressively cast in bronze by local artist Barbara Asquith in February 2009. The UK’s leading publisher of local photographs since 1860, Coronavirus: As an on-line business operating in a rural area It took three and a half years to rebuild and eventually opened in 1851 at a cost of £9,803. those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and Marigold housed a stylish restaurant, serving food on the upper deck. Since The circular stone base dates from 1709, added when a new cross was erected. Date: 29/01/20 Below is a selection of Knaresborough’s historical highlights…. Knaresborough History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this north Yorkshire market town. “Knare” may come either from the name of a chieftain, such that the whole means something like “Cenheard’s fortress”; or it may derive from “knar” – a rocky outcrop – thus giving Knaresborough the appellation of “the fortress on the rock”, which would fit the location very well. This emotive photograph was taken just before the Second World War and entitled ‘Down and Out’ – a stark reminder of the poverty that existed at the time. Bond End is the name for the once-distinct community at the bottom of High Street. Click here for more information. © Copyright KNARESBOROUGH ONLINE 2020. Around 1905, when this photograph was taken, it was not unusual to see livestock such as geese (shod as they came from afar), donkeys, cattle and sheep in the High Street on Wednesdays as part of the market. A purpose-built livestock market opened in 1907. See the Lethal-looking icicles festoon the Dropping Well on a freezing winter day in January 1959. The box on the left contained table jelly. Motor Shows, Motoring News, Motorbikes and Car Gadgets.