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Aldborough in York County England History and GeographyALDBOROUGH, a parish, comprising the chapelry of Lower Dunsforth, and the township of Upper Dunsforth with Branton-Green, in the upper division, and the boroughs of Aldborough and Borough-bridge, the townships of Minskep and Rocliff, and part of the township of Humberton with Milby, in the lower division, of the wapentake of CLARO, west riding of the county of YORK, and containing 2129 inhabitants, of which number, 484 are in the borough of Aldborough, 16½ miles (N.W. by W.) from York, and 205½ (N.N.W.) from London. The town, which stands upon the southern bank of the river Ure, and upon the line of the northern Watling-street, was the Isurium Brigantium of the Romans, and received from the Saxons the name of Eald-burg, denoting its antiquity even in their time. Its destruction is attributed to the Danes, and it has now become a very inconsiderable place, being irregularly built, and the houses in general mean, and detached from each other. The elective franchise was granted by Philip and Mary, in 1558. The right of election is vested in the inhabitants, paying scot and lot, in number about sixty; and the bailiff, who is appointed by the lord of the manor, is the returning officer. The living, a vicarage, is a peculiar belonging to the Dean and Chapter of York; rated in the king's books at £9. 19. 5. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The foundations of the walls of the ancient city, which included a quadrilateral area of 2500 yards, may still be traced; near the centre are vestiges of a mount called the Borough Hill, removed in 1783, and believed, from the remains then discovered, to have been the site of a Roman temple. About a hundred paces from the south wall is a semicircular out-work, called Studforth, 200 feet long, having a slope of 30 feet, forming a lofty terrace on the south side of the town. Many Roman remains, consisting of tesselated pavcments, vessels, weapons, coins, &c., have at various times been discovered. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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