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    Skipton Castle is a Grade I Listed medieval castle in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1090 by Robert de Romille, a Norman baron, and...
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    Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe...
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    April 1274 – 24 June 1314), of Appleby Castle, Westmorland, feudal baron of Appleby and feudal baron of Skipton in Yorkshire, was an English soldier who...
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  • and its logo from the 11thC historic Skipton Castle, the North Yorkshire market town of Skipton having been Castle's home from its foundation to 2006. In...
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    the castle was captured and sacked. Following this, the Cliffords began spending more time at their other castles, particularly Skipton Castle in Yorkshire...
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    the Earl of Cumberland built two towers and the great gallery within Skipton Castle. Eleanor married Clifford in June 1535; her uncle King Henry VIII was...
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    the Clifford family which was seated at Skipton Castle, Yorkshire from 1310 to 1676. He was born at Skipton Castle, a son of Henry Clifford, 10th Baron de...
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    other resources, were given to the order by Lady Alice de Romille of Skipton Castle in 1154. In the early 14th century Scottish raiders caused the temporary...
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    was born on 30 January 1590 in Skipton Castle, and was baptised the following 22 February in Holy Trinity Church in Skipton in the West Riding of Yorkshire...
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  • insurrection against King Edward II of England, she was imprisoned in Skipton Castle for two years. Following the execution of her husband in 1330 for usurping...
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    Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, 13th Baron de Clifford, 13th Lord of Skipton, KG (8 August 1558 – 30 October 1605), was an English peer, naval commander...
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  • hilltop settlement. Skipton has an entry in the Domesday Book, the great survey of England compiled in 1085 by William I. Skipton Castle was built in the...
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  • Drybeck Hall, near Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria. The former was Skipton Castle, sold by the third Baron in 1956. Sir Richard Tufton, 1st Baronet (1813...
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    his estates forfeited, including Skipton Castle. They were restored to his brother Robert Clifford, 3rd Lord of Skipton in 1327. Summerson, Henry (2004)...
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    (1517 – January 1570) was a member of the Clifford family, seated at Skipton Castle from 1310 to 1676. His wife was Lady Eleanor Brandon, a niece of King...
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  • Cup winners Skipton Building Society Skipton Castle Skipton railway station Skipton railway line, Victoria, Australia Skipton Woods Skipton Golf Club,...
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    March 1422), also known as John, Lord Clifford, 7th Lord of the Honor of Skipton, KG, was an English peer. He was killed at the siege of Meaux, France....
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    "Skelton Castle" Archived 2011-01-09 at the Wayback Machine BLB. "Skipton Castle" Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Snape Castle" Archived...
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    Skipton Wood (also known as Skipton Castle Woods, Castle Wood or Springs Wood) is a 36-acre (15 ha) wood following the valley of Eller Beck to the north...
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    waymarkers on the route are; Skipton Castle, Barden Tower, Nappa Hall, Pendragon Castle, Brough Castle, Appleby Castle, Brougham Castle and Brougham Hall. A nine-day...
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    restored in the 1650s with financial assistance from Lady Anne Clifford of Skipton Castle, whose father's tomb is in the church. In 1853 the tower was struck...
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    T. (1994), The Shepherd Lord of Skipton Castle: Henry Clifford 10th Lord Clifford 1454–1523, Skipton: Skipton Castle, ISBN 978-0-95069-752-9 Summerson...
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    Abbey, featuring shell mosaics and carved stone. This, and another at Skipton Castle, built in 1627, are the only surviving examples from the 17th century...
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    district in the west of North Yorkshire, centred on the market town of Skipton. The name Craven is much older than the modern district and encompassed...
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    Skipton House is a high specification office building in Elephant and Castle, Central London. It was built for a Japanese bank and then sold on to accommodate...
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    Yorkshire, England. It leaves the main canal in Skipton, and runs to some loading wharfs near Skipton Castle, which were used to load limestone from local...
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  • Retrieved 17 January 2009. "3D Castle Plan". Skipton Castle. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2009. "Snape Castle:LBS Number 333605". heritagegateway...
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    Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, also 8th Lord of Skipton (25 March 1414 – 22 May 1455), was the elder son of John, 7th Baron de Clifford, and...
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  • made him lord of the estates of Bolton Abbey. Romille built the first Skipton Castle in 1090 to repel the expansions of Malcolm III of Scotland. In 1102...
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    John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford, 9th Lord of Skipton (8 April 1435 – 28 March 1461) was a Lancastrian military leader during the Wars of the Roses in...
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