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Nos 25,27,29 And 31 (Old Town Hall) With Additional Range On Right Return

Nos 25,27,29 And 31 (Old Town Hall) With Additional Range On Right Return — a garden in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)

Nos 25,27,29 And 31 (Old Town Hall) With Additional Range On Right Return is a garden of interest in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in the Market Place, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which was used as an events venue by Knaresborough Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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Background

History

The first municipal building in Knaresborough was an early 17th century toll booth, which was rebuilt as a sessions house with two prison cells in the basement in 1768. The sessions house was the venue for debtors court hearings once a fortnight and county court hearings once a year. In the mid-19th century civic officials decided to demolish the old sessions house and to erect a new town hall on the same site. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Sir Charles Slingsby, 10th Baronet of Scriven Hall who, as the lord of the manor, decided to make the site available at a nominal charge and also contributed to the cost of the construction. Local candidates who were standing for…

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Coordinates: 54.0080, -1.4675
Address: Market Place, Knaresborough
Established: 1862
Official site: www.northyorks.gov.uk

Sources

wikidata: Q26602015 (CC0)
wikipedia: Old Town Hall, Knaresborough (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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