Ely Hargrove (1741–1818) was an English bookseller and local historian.
26-590: Knaresborough Castle is a ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd in the town of Knaresborough , North Yorkshire , England. The castle was first built by a Norman baron in c. 1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd. There is documentary evidence dating from 1130 referring to works carried out at the castle by Henry I . In the 1170s Hugh de Moreville and his followers took refuge there after assassinating Thomas Becket . William de Stuteville
52-459: A holy relic of the girdle of the Virgin , brought especially from Westminster Abbey . The castle was rebuilt at a cost of £2,174 between 1307 and 1312 by Edward I and completed by Edward II , including the great keep . Edward II gave the castle to Piers Gaveston and stayed there himself when the unpopular nobleman was besieged at Scarborough Castle . Philippa of Hainault took possession of
78-546: A bookseller and publisher. A few years later he was able to open a branch business at Harrogate . Hargrove died at Knaresborough on 5 December 1818, and was buried in the churchyard there. In 1769, according to William Boyne in the Yorkshire Library , there appeared anonymously the first edition of Hargrove's History of the Castle, Town, and Forest of Knaresborough, with Harrogate and its Medicinal Waters , which
104-417: A dam height of 61 metres (200 ft) covering 34 hectares with a volume of 1,041 million gallons and a depth of 33.4 metres (110 ft). A temporary village was built at Scar House to house the workers building the reservoirs and some remains can still be seen. The old Village Hall was moved to Darley, where it now serves as the local Village Hall. The dam at Scar House was completed in 1936. The dam height
130-560: A fine of 10,000 marks for his inheritance, with the exception of the castles of Knaresborough and Boroughbridge, which were retained by the King. The King regarded Knaresborough as an important northern fortress and spent £1,290 on improvements to the castle. In August 1304, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan , a daughter of Edward I , travelled from Linlithgow Palace to Knaresborough Castle. She gave birth to her son, Humphrey, in September, assisted by
156-913: A link to the older Indo-European root *-nedi , simply meaning river. The Nidd likely shares this etymology with the river and town of Neath (Welsh Nedd ) in South Wales and the town of Stratton in Cornwall (originally named Strat-Neth), and with many other rivers across Europe, such as the Nete in Belgium, the Nied in France, Neda in Galicia (NW Spain), the Nethe , Nidda and Nidder in Germany, and
182-492: A public leisure space, with a bowling green and putting green open during the summer. It is also used as a performing space. It plays host to frequent events, such as the annual FEVA (Festival of Visual Arts and Entertainment). The property is owned by the monarch as part of the Duchy of Lancaster holdings, but is administered by North Yorkshire Council . The castle, now much ruined, comprised two walled baileys set one behind
208-499: A residence for the lord of the castle throughout the castle's history. The castle baileys contained residential buildings, and some foundations have survived. In 1789, historian Ely Hargrove wrote that the castle contained "only three rooms on a floor, and measures, in front, only fifty-four feet." The upper storey of the Courthouse features a museum that includes furniture from the original Tudor Court , as well as exhibits about
234-776: A year. It joins the River Ouse at Nun Monkton . The upper river valley, Nidderdale , was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1994. The Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust has a remit to conserve the ecological condition of the River Nidd from its headwaters to the Humber estuary. The Nidd rises in Nidderdale at Nidd Head Spring on the slopes of Great Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales . It flows east into Angram and Scar House reservoirs before turning south just downstream of Newhouses. In normal conditions
260-467: Is 71 m (233 ft) with the reservoir covering area 70 hectares and a depth of36.3 metres (119 ft) giving a volume of 2,200 million gallons. The reservoir is fed almost exclusively from the Angram dam. Gouthwaite reservoir is designated a Site for Special Scientific Interest. It provides a compensation release for the river. It covers an area of 312 acres (126 ha). The Nidd can overflow
286-618: Is a combination of slowly permeable and well drained fine loam over clay. Where the river passes through the Nidd Gorge , Carboniferous ( Namurian ) and Upper Permian rock is exposed. The etymology of the name remains unknown but the name is either Celtic or Pre-Celtic (as with most rivers in Western Europe). A derivation from Celtic meaning brilliant or shining has been suggested (as in Old Irish níamda ), as has
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#1732802001289312-532: Is prone to water-logging due to its slow permeability, being composed of loamy soils on top of clay with peat on the top layer. Around Lofthouse there are outcrops of Upper Yoredale limestone, which is more permeable than millstone grit and has created the Nidderdale Caves , where the river flows underground. Lower down on the flood plain, the nature of the underlying ground is Magnesian Limestone over alluvium and terrace drift deposits. On top of this
338-649: The Nida in Poland. Along the river valley can be found the Nidderdale Museum , which is located in Pateley Bridge, and features sections about the traditional agriculture, industries, religion, transport and costume of Nidderdale. Lower down the river is the town of Knaresborough , which is home to Knaresborough Castle and Knaresborough Museum. There are many way-marked walking routes throughout
364-522: The River Ouse at Nun Monkton . The two most northerly reservoirs on the course of the river were built to provide water to the Bradford area in the early 1900s by way of the Nidd Aqueduct . As of 2017, they are maintained by Yorkshire Water . The reservoir takes its name from Angram, a settlement in the township of Stonebeck Up , submerged when the reservoir was built. Completed in 1919 with
390-579: The castle and the town. River Nidd The River Nidd is a tributary of the River Ouse in the English county of North Yorkshire . It rises in Nidderdale at Nidd Head Spring on the slopes of Great Whernside. In its first few miles it has been dammed three times, creating Angram Reservoir , Scar House Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir , which attract a total of around 150,000 visitors
416-503: The castle in 1331, at which point it became a royal residence. The queen often spent summers there with her family. Her son, John of Gaunt acquired the castle in 1372, adding it to the vast holdings of the Duchy of Lancaster . Katherine Swynford , Gaunt's third wife, obtained the castle upon his death. A detailed survey of the state of the castle buildings was made in 1561. The building was used by estate auditors and law courts were held in
442-468: The fifth volume of Rees's Cyclopædia . His manuscript collections on Yorkshire history filled sixteen volumes. Hargrove married, first, Christiana (d. 1780), daughter of Thomas Clapham of Firby, near Bedale , Yorkshire, by whom he had issue twelve children; and secondly, Mary, daughter of John Bower of Grenoside Hall, near Sheffield; she died at York in April 1825, and was buried at Knaresborough, leaving
468-499: The gorge, the river meanders south-east through the town of Knaresborough , heading north and looping south again as it enters flatter terrain. Near Little Ribston it meanders south-easterly and easterly, crossing underneath the A1 and the A1(M) near the small village of Cowthorpe . The river continues meandering past Cattal north-easterly towards Moor Monkton , towards its junction with
494-481: The hall. The castle was taken by Parliamentarian troops in 1644 during the Civil War and largely destroyed in 1648, not as the result of warfare but because of an order from Parliament to dismantle all Royalist castles. Indeed many town-centre buildings are built of 'castle stone'. The remains of the castle are open to the public and there is a charge for entry to the interior remains. The grounds are used as
520-452: The other, with the outer bailey on the town side and the inner bailey on the cliff side. The enclosure wall was punctuated by solid towers along its length, and a pair, visible today, formed the main gate. At the junction between the inner and outer baileys, on the north side of the castle stood a tall five-sided keep , the eastern parts of which have been pulled down. The keep had a vaulted basement, at least three upper stories, and served as
546-400: The reservoirs, flooding the caves in the valley. In such cases the river overflows into the normally dry river bed past Lofthouse through to Gouthwaite Reservoir . The head of the river is located on moorland and the river character is affected by the run-off levels from the three reservoirs. The upper valley is primarily millstone grit with fluvioglacial deposits . The overlying soil
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#1732802001289572-529: The river disappears underground into the sinkhole known as Manchester Hole. If Scar House reservoir overflows, water flows past Manchester Hole to Goyden Pot, another sinkhole. In severe floods, the river flows past Goyden Pot down the valley. The water sinking into the Nidderdale caves reappears at the rising Nidd Head to the south of the village of Lofthouse . Below Lofthouse the river is joined by How Stean Beck, and turns south-south-east towards Ramsgill before flowing into Gouthwaite Reservoir. Continuing on
598-465: The river valley, including the Nidderdale Way , a 55-mile circular walk whose usual starting point is Ripley. Ordnance Survey Maps Ely Hargrove Born at Halifax, Yorkshire , on 19 March (O.S.) 1741, he was the son of James Hargrove of Halifax, by his wife Mary, daughter of George Gudgeon of Skipton-in-Craven . In February 1762 he settled at Knaresborough , as
624-442: The same heading, the first major settlement is reached at Pateley Bridge . Turning more south-easterly, it flows past Glasshouses and Summerbridge , where it turns south again past Dacre Banks . Passing by Darley , the river turns east before reaching Birstwith , where it flows south-east to Hampsthwaite . A series of large bends in the river take the flow north, east and then south, and east again, to enter Nidd Gorge . Below
650-507: Was appointed as Governor of Knaresborough castle in Easter 1173. After de Stuteville's death in 1203, King John gave Hubert Walter , Archbishop of Canterbury, custody of all of William de Stuteville's lands and castles and the wardship of his son and heir Robert de Stuteville. However, Robert died in 1205 and William's brother Nicholas de Stuteville became William's heir. A charter dated at Lambeth 5 August 1205 confirmed that Nicholas had paid
676-579: Was frequently republished, later with the compiler's name on the title-page. The York edition of 1798 had plates and woodcuts by Thomas Bewick . To the sixth edition, Knaresborough, 1809, was appended an Ode on Time , reprinted in William Hargrove's York Poetical Miscellany (1835). Hargrove also compiled: Under the signature of "E. H. K.", Hargrove contributed papers to the Gentleman's Magazine , and wrote an account of Boroughbridge to
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