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Wetherby in York County England History and GeographyWETHERBY, a market town and chapelry in the parish of SPOFFORTH, upper division of the wapentake of CLARO, West riding of the county of YORK, 12½ miles (W. by S.) from York, and 194 (N.N.W.) from London, containing 1217 inhabitants. The Saxon name of this town, whence the present is obviously deduced, was Wederbi, intended to designate its situation on a bend of the river Wharf. During the great civil war it was garrisoned for the parliament, and successfully repulsed two attacks made upon it by Sir Thomas Glemham. About 3½ miles below it is St. Helen's ford, where the Roman military way crossed the Wharf. The town consists chiefly of one long street, behind which is the market-place. Over the river is a hand-some stone bridge, and a little above this a wear, formed for the benefit of some mills for grinding corn, extracting oil from rape-seed, and pulverising logwood for the use of clothiers and dyers. Many old houses have been recently removed and new ones erected, under the direction of the lord of the manor. The market is on Thursday; and fairs are held on Holy Thursday, August 5th, October 10th, and the first Thursday after November 22d; there are also fort-night fairs for the sale of cattle. The quarter sessions for the West riding are held here at Christmas, in rotation with Knaresborough, Skipton, and Wakefield, and courts leet and baron on Lady-day and Michaelmas-day. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £200 private benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £800 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Rector of Spofforth. The church is dedicated to St. James. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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