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Bilton, Harrogate
Bilton is a suburb of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, situated to the north-east of the town centre. History Bilton was first recorded (as ''Billeton'') in the Domesday Book in 1086. The name is of Old English origin and means "farmstead of a man named Billa". Bilton was historically in the parish of Knaresborough in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It formed a Township (England), township with Harrogate, and in 1866 the township of Bilton with Harrogate became a civil parish. When Harrogate became a municipal borough in 1894, Bilton remained outside the borough and became a separate civil parish on 31 December. In 1896, Starbeck was separated from Bilton to form a new civil parish. On 1 April 1938 the civil parish was abolished, and most of Bilton was added to Harrogate, part also went to Knaresborough. In 1931 the parish had a population of 447. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. In 1848 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom Census 2011
A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is responsible for the census in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department formed in 2008 and which reports directly to Parliament. ONS is the UK Government's single largest statistical producer of independent statistics on the UK's economy and society, used to assist the planning and allocation of resources, policy-making and decision-making. ONS designs, manages and runs the census in England an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrogate Gasworks Railway
Harrogate Gasworks Railway was an industrial railway in the town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It was built to the gauge of 2 ft and ran between Bilton Junction on the North Eastern Railway (formerly the Leeds and Thirsk Railway), to the Harrogate Gas Company's (HGC) works at New Park, north of the town centre. It opened in 1908 to carry coal to the works for gasification, and outbound byproduct liquids. It closed to traffic in 1956. The railway was noted for its tight gauge restrictions in the tunnel at New Park. Two of its steam locomotives have survived into preservation, and are still in use on heritage railways. History A company to provide gas for Harrogate was formed in 1845, gaining an Act of Parliament in 1846, with the gasworks being built in the same year as the act was granted. Until 1880, coal was transported by road from coal depot, some away, but then a specially-built loading dock at Bilton was opened for gas works traffic only. Bilton Junction w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilton Gala
{{Use British English, date=June 2023 The Bilton Gala is a community event that takes place in Bilton, Harrogate, Bilton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire on the first Bank Holiday in May each year. The first Bilton Gala took place in 1977 to mark the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. Since then it has grown, and is now such a large event that it has spread to the fields adjoining Richard Taylor C of E School where it has traditionally been held. The Bilton Gala use the funds raised at the main event to donate to local charities, groups and organisations. In 2008, the Gala set up a charitable trust#United Kingdom, Charitable Trust, the Bilton Community Fund, to manage the ever increasing funds raised each year. The funds are available in the form of grant (money), grants and awards to groups, organisations and individuals in the Bilton area of Harrogate. Billowby bear is the Gala mascot. Billowby enjoys visiting local schools and organisations, and often delivers grants to successful applicant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilton Lane
Bilton may refer to: Places in England *Bilton, Northumberland *Bilton, Warwickshire *Bilton, East Riding of Yorkshire *Bilton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire *Bilton-in-Ainsty, North Yorkshire *New Bilton, Warwickshire Buildings * Bilton Grange, Warwickshire * Bilton Hall, North Yorkshire, large country house near Harrogate, England * Bilton Hall, Warwickshire, mansion house at Bilton, Warwickshire * Bilton School, Warwickshire People with the surname *Bilton (surname) Bilton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Bilton, British academic and novelist * Caroline Bilton (born 1976), British television presenter * Flo Bilton (1921–2004), English association football coach and administrato ... See also * Bilton Grange (other) {{disambiguation, surname, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knaresborough (UK Parliament Constituency)
Knaresborough was a parliamentary constituency which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, and then one MP until its abolition in 1885. History Before the Reform Act 1832 Knaresborough was a parliamentary borough, first enfranchised by Mary I in 1553. The borough consisted of part of the town of Knaresborough, a market town in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1831, the population of the borough was approximately 4,852, and contained 970 houses. Knaresborough was a burgage borough, meaning that the right to vote was confined to the proprietors of certain specific properties (or "burgage tenements") in the borough; in Knaresborough there was no requirement for these proprietors to be resident, and normally the majority were not. This meant that the right to vote in Knaresborough could be legitimately bought and sold, and, for most of its history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. Since the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, Parliament is automatically dissolved once five years have elapsed from its first meeting after an election. If a Vacancy (economics), vacancy arises at another time, due to death or Resignation from the British House of Commons, resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Stockdale (MP For Knaresborough)
Thomas Stockdale of Bilton Park (died 25 December 1653) supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War, and sat as a member for Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency), Knaresborough in the Long Parliament from 1645.Genp. 45/ref> He was also a Yorkshire magistrate, who was closely allied to the Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Fairfaxs and was a bailiff or agent for Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Lord Fairfax. Stockdale married Margaret, second daughter of Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont, Sir William Parsons, an Elizabethan commissioner of Plantations of Ireland, plantations in Ireland.Burkep. 418/ref> they had issue that included Elizabeth (d. 25 October 1694). Notes References *Burke, Bernard (1866). ''A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire'', Harrison. *Gent, Thomas (1733). ''The antient and modern history of the loyal town of Rippon: ... Besides are added, travels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Slingsby
Sir William Slingsby (29 January 1563 – 1634) was an English soldier who is often erroneously noted as the discoverer of the first spa water well in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He was the seventh but third surviving son of Sir Francis Slingsby and Mary de Percy, daughter of Sir Thomas Percy, executed for his part in the Pilgrimage of Grace, and sister of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, and Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland. The Percies were descendants of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester. He was born in Scriven, Knaresborough, West Riding. After marrying Elizabeth Broard, daughter of Sir Stephen Broad of Broadshill, Sussex, in 1582, the couple took a Grand Tour of Europe, returning in 1594. In 1596, Slingsby discovered that water from the Tewit Well mineral spring at Harrogate possessed properties similar to that from Spa, Belgium. In 1596, Slingsby served as a soldier on the Cadiz expedition and again in 1597 against Spain. He purchased the estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Of Gaunt, 1st Duke Of Lancaster
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399), was an English royal prince, military leader and statesman. He was the fourth son (third surviving) of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because of Gaunt's royal origin, advantageous marriages and some generous land grants, he was one of the richest men of his era and an influential figure during the reigns of both his father and his nephew, Richard II. As Duke of Lancaster, he is the founder of the royal House of Lancaster, whose members would ascend the throne after his death. His birthplace, Ghent in Flanders, then known in English as ''Gaunt'', was the origin of his name. John's early career was spent in France and Spain fighting in the Hundred Years' War. He made an abortive attempt to enforce a claim to the Crown of Castile that came through his second wife, Constance of Castile, and for a time styled himself as King of Castile. When Edward the Black Prince, Gaunt's el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilton Hall (North Yorkshire)
Bilton Hall is a Grade II listed large country house near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It was historically the home of the prominent Stockdale family, of which three Knaresborough MPs were members. History and ownership There has been a building on the site of Bilton Hall since the 14th Century. The first structure sat within a newly created park to form a hunting lodge for the Slingsby family. Perhaps the best known member of the family was William Slingsby, who is credited as the discoverer of the first spa water well in Harrogate. In 1631 it was acquired by Thomas Stockdale, son of William Stockdale of Green Hammerton, whose family had been significant Yorkshire landowners since the reign of Henry VI. Thomas Stockdale went on to represent Knaresborough in Parliament from 1645 until 1653. His son, William Stockdale took his fathers seat in Parliament, serving as member for Knaresborough from 1660 until his death in 1693. The Bilton estate then passed to his nephew Christop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sustrans
Sustrans ( ) is a United Kingdom-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network. Its flagship project is the National Cycle Network, which has created of signed cycle routes throughout the United Kingdom, including of traffic-free paths. The rest of the network is on previously existing and mostly minor roads, in which motor traffic will be encountered. In Scotland, Sustrans has established partnership teams, embedding officers in local councils as well as NHS Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, NatureScot, Scottish Natural Heritage, and Transport for Edinburgh. History Sustrans was formed in Bristol in July 1977 as Cyclebag by a group of cyclists and environmentalism, environmentalists, as a result of doubts about the desirability of dependence on the private car, following the 1973 oil crisis, and the almost total lack of specific provision for cyclists in most British cities, in contrast to some other Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nidderdale Greenway
The Nidderdale Greenway is a path that runs between Harrogate and Ripley in North Yorkshire, England. It uses a former railway line that ran between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge as its course. The route connects to other cycle paths including the Way of the Roses. Route The former Nidd Valley Railway closed completely in 1964 and Leeds-Thirsk railway line was closed in 1969. The Nidderdale Greenway makes use of both of these former railways to provide a traffic-free walking and cycle zone that extends from Bilton (in north eastern Harrogate) to the village of Ripley, which is further north. The Greenway was first proposed in the 1990s and after land purchases, public inquiries and a lottery grant, was officially opened in May 2013. The route is very popular and is used by pedestrians, cyclists, runners and horse-riders. Starting at Bilton (which is on the southern link of the Way of the Roses cycle route), the route heads north-westerly on the former Leeds-Thirsk railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
