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Northallerton
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- The Farndales of Northallerton
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The Farndales of Northallerton
The following Farndales were associated
with Northallerton are Hannah Mary Farndale (FAR00595);
Ruth Farndale (FAR00619);
William Farndale (FAR00639);
William Farndale (FAR00665);
Albert Edward Farndale (FAR00667),
Co-op store manager in Loftus and Northallerton; Sarah Elizabeth Farndale (FAR00693);
Doris M Farndale (FAR00807);
Herbert Farndale (FAR00835);
Bertram Farndale (FAR00855);
Edna Elizabeth Farndale (FAR00868);
Charles Farndale (FAR00875);
Kenneth Farndale (FAR00884);
Leslie Farndale (FAR00885);
Gladys Farndale (FAR00900);
William E Farndale (FAR00908);
Martin Baker Farndale (FAR00911);
Anne Farndale (FAR00915);
Rosamund Farndale (FAR00920);
Geoff Farndale (FAR00922);
John Francis Farndale (FAR00923);
Donald Farndale (FAR00947);
Sheila Farndale (FAR00983);
Keith Farndale (FAR00990);
John Martin Farndale (FAR01033);
Kathleen E Farndale (FAR01059);
Antony W Farndale (FAR001077);
David C Farndale (FAR01081);
Peter H Farndale (FAR01084);
James William Farndale (FAR01239);
Emily Victoria Farndale (FAR01253);
Fiona Christine Farndale (FAR01254);
Harriet Margaret Farndale (FAR01271);
Aimee Lian Farndale (FAR01293);
Stephanie Elizabeth Farndale (FAR01299);
and Alys Rebecca Farndale (FAR01321)
Northallerton
Northallerton is
a market town and civil parish in
the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire. It lies in
the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York.
It has served as the county town of the North Riding of
Yorkshire and since 1974, of North Yorkshire. Northallerton is
made up of four wards, North, Broomfield, Romanby and
Central.
Northallerton Timeline
Roman period
There has been a
settlement at Northallerton since Roman times. There is evidence that the Romans had a
signal station on Castle Hill just to the west of the town as part of the
imperial Roman postal system and a path connecting Hadrian's Wall with Eboracum
(York) ran through what is now the neighbouring village of Brompton.
1069
In 1069, in an attempt to quell rebellion in the north, the area
between the Ouse and the Tyne was laid waste by the armies of William the
Conqueror (the Harrying of the North). The town of Northallerton was almost
totally destroyed or depopulated. Just a few years later it is described in the
Domesday Book as modo est in manu
regis et wastum est (‘put down as waste’).
1086
In the Domesday Survey,
Norman scribes named the settlement Alvertune,
Aluertune and Alretone
and there is a reference to the Alvertune wapentac, an area almost identical to the Allertonshire wapentake of the North Riding, which
was named after the town.
Eleventh century
Northallerton’s growth in
importance began in the 11th century when King William II gifted land
to the Bishop of Durham. Under the Bishop's authority Northallerton became
an important centre for religious affairs.
1130
In 1130 a castle was built on the west
side of the town adjacent to North Beck by Bishop Rufus and was expanded in
1142 after William Cumin seized the Bishopric of Durham in 1141. The castle was
further expanded in 1173 by Hugh Pudsey and garrisoned by a group of Flemish
soldiers, an act which enraged King Henry II who ordered that it be razed to
the ground in 1177.
1138
It was also a focus for
much conflict in subsequent years between the English and the Scots, most notably the Battle of the
Standard, nearby in 1138, which saw losses of as many as 12,000 men.
1236
The Victoria County History – Yorkshire A History of the
County of York North Riding: Volume 1 Parishes: Northallerton, 1914: Henry
III twice stayed at Northallerton in September 1236 when going to and returning
from Durham, while Edward I made it his customary stopping-place when on his
way to Scotland, and was here in 1291, 1292, 1293 (when he stayed here three
nights and dined with the bishop), 1296, 1298, 1299 (when the Bishop of Durham
sent him a white palfrey), 1303 and 1304. Edward II rested here in 1312, and
here Edward III stayed in 1327, 1331, 1333 (when he was accompanied by Queen
Philippa) and 1356, a few months after founding the Carmelite Friary here.
1318
In 1318, the town was
destroyed by the Scots, under Sir James Douglas following the Capture of
Berwick upon Tweed.
1354
A Carmelite priory was
founded in 1354, but was demolished soon after the
dissolution of the monasteries in 1538.
The site passed to various
people and was used for arable farming before a workhouse was built on the site
in 1857. Subsequently, the Friarage Hospital, which
takes its name from the friary, was built.
1800
In the golden age of
coaching, Northallerton had four coaching inns along High Street
serving passengers and horses using several routes to the north.
1823
Northallerton Gaol in 1823
1841
With the arrival of the railway
in 1841 the town maintained its importance as a communications centre.
1857
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