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Knaresborough (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 28 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.4667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Picturesquely sited on a sandstone cliff above the River Nidd. There are caves, remains of a Norman castle, and a partly 14th-century courthouse here. There is a noteworthy cliff carving of a Knight Templar at the entrance to St. Robert's Cave chapel. |
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| Knaresborough (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Knaresborough (British English-P,U,N)
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| Chenaresburg (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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