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Pateley-Bridge in York County England History and GeographyPATELEY-BRIDGE, a market town and parochial chapelry in the lower division of the wapentake of CLARO, West riding of the county of YORK, 8 miles (W.N.W.) from Ripley, and 224 (N.N.W.) from London. The population is returned with the township of High and Low Bishopside, parish of Ripon, in which it is situated. This town is situated on the northern bank of the river Nidd, and is indebted for its importance to the adjacent lead mines. A weekly market, granted by Edward II., in 1324, is held on Saturday: fairs are on Easter and Whitsun eves, May 11th, September 17th (if on a Saturday, otherwise on the following Saturday), Monday after October 10th, and on Christmas-eve. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York, in the deanery of Ripon, endowed with £400 private benefaction, £200 royal bounty, and £1900 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of Ripon. The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, has received three hundred and sixty-five additional sittings, of which two hundred are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having contributed £500 towards defraying the expense. A new church, in the Engllsh style of architecture, was commenced in October, 1825, and completed in 1827, the parliamentary commissioners having granted £2000 towards its erection; it contains eight hundred and three sittings, of which four hundred and thirty-two are free. There is a place of worship for Independents. An ancient foundation, called Rake's school, from the site of ground on which it stands, was augmented, in 1806, with a bequest of £1800 stock by Mrs. Alice Shepherd, the dividends to be applied to the education and clothing of twenty poor children. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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