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Encyclopedia Britannica



SKIPTON

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 193 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SIV-SOU
SKIPTON , a market town in the Skipton parliamentary division of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, 26 M. N.W. of Leeds by the Midland railway, served also by the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway. Pop. of urban
district
  (1901) 11,986. It is picturesquely situated in the hilly
district
  of the upper valley of the river Aire, the course of which is followed by the Leeds and Liverpool canal. The strong castle built by Robert de Romille in the time of the Conqueror was partly demolished in 1648, but was restored by the countess of Pembroke. Of the ancient building of de Romille all that remains is the western doorway of the inner castle. In the castle grounds are the remains of the ancient chapel of St John. The
church
  of the Holy Trinity, mainly Perpendicular, was also partly demolished during the Civil War, but was restored by the countess of Pembroke. The free grammar-school was founded in 1548 by William Ermysted, a
canon
  of St Paul's, London. There are also science and art schools. There are extensive woollen and
cotton
  factories, .and, in the neighbourhood, a large limestone quarry.
Skipton was the
capital
  of the ancient district of Craven. At the Norman
accession
  it became
part
  of the possessions of
Earl
  Edwin, and was granted to Robert de Romille. Subsequently it went to the Albemarle family, but .was.again vested in the Crown, and
Edward
  II. bestowed it on,Piers de Gaveston. In 1311 it came into the possession of the Cliffords. The castle
xxv. 7was taken by the parliamentary forces in 1645 after a desultory siege of three years.


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