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Protected Status

• Conservation Area: Knaresborough Conservation Area

Monument Type(s):

• TOWN (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)

Other References/Statuses

Full description

Chenaresburg in Domesday (1).
Place name means 'Cenheard's fortification' (2).
Leaflets on the town, The Trinitarians and Robert of Knaresborough have been produced. (3-5)
Included in the Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs.(6)




<1> History from the Sources, 1986, DOMESDAY BOOK YORKSHIRE (Part 1) (Series). SNY1504.




<2> English Place Name Society, 1961, THE PLACE NAMES OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE: Part V, p110 (Monograph). SNY1998.




<3> Harrogate Museums and Art Gallery Service, circa 1992, St. Robert of Knaresbrough (Leaflet). SNY6920.




<4> Harrogate Museums & Arts, 1998, Lost Orders: The Trinitarians in Medieval Knaresborough (Leaflet). SNY21328.




<5> Harrogate Museums & Arts, Knaresborough, Town Map and Visitors Guide (Leaflet). SNY21329.




<6> Centre for Metropolitan History, 2003, Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (Webpage). SNY21136.

Sources and further reading

<1>	SNY1504 - Series: History from the Sources. 1986. DOMESDAY BOOK YORKSHIRE (Part 1). FAULL M L; STINSON M.
<2>	SNY1998 - Monograph: English Place Name Society. 1961. THE PLACE NAMES OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE: Part V. SMITH A H. p110.
<3>	SNY6920 - Leaflet: Harrogate Museums and Art Gallery Service. circa 1992. St. Robert of Knaresbrough.
<4>	SNY21328 - Leaflet: Harrogate Museums & Arts. 1998. Lost Orders: The Trinitarians in Medieval Knaresborough. Kershaw, M J.
<5>	SNY21329 - Leaflet: Harrogate Museums & Arts. Knaresborough, Town Map and Visitors Guide. Kershaw, M J.
<6>	SNY21136 - Webpage: Centre for Metropolitan History. 2003. Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516. Gazetteer.

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