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• Richmond, Yorkshire
  ...rs in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Hindrelag'' suggesting an earlier Old English form, but now takes its name from town of Richemont in Normandy. Th The '''Green Howards Regimental Museum''' is based in the old Trinity Church in the centre of the town's market place; the town is also h
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• Byland Abbey
  |name=Byland Abbey |village=Old Byland
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• Heathfield, Yorkshire
  ...ess|year=1961|page=215}}</ref> In the Middle Ages the land was owned by [[Byland Abbey]], which mined lead and established a grange there.<ref>{{cite book|l
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• Calder Abbey
  ..., and finally to Stocking where they finally settled and built the great [[Byland Abbey]]. However, the monks were worried that Furness would continue to exe
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• Hambleton Hills
  ...land's Sir James Douglas "the Good", Lord of Douglas, in the Battle of Old Byland which ended in the defeat of the English king Edward II's army.
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• Kilburn, Yorkshire
  ...llows, and Wass.<ref name="tde"/> The etymology of the name comes form two Old English words, ''ciele & burna'', meaning "cool stream".<ref>{{cite web|url ...ter moved to [[Old Byland]] and subsequently moved again to [[Byland Abbey|Byland]].<ref name=tde/>
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• Birdforth Wapentake
  *[[Old Byland]]
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• Emley, Yorkshire
  The name "Emley" is derived from an Old English personal name, Em(m)a or Eama, and ''lēah'', a wood or woodland cl ...anor for many generations. They lived in a moated house on the site of the Old Hall in Emley Park.{{sfnp|Pobjoy|1970|p=12|ps=}} When Edward II marched aga
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• Sutton Bank
  This hill was the approximate location of the Battle of Old Byland in which the Scots won a major victory over the English on 14 October 1322.
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• Coxwold
  The village name is believed to be derived from Old Englis words ''Cuc weald'', meaning ''cry wood''.<ref name="Bulmers">{{cite ...ession of the Coxwold estate the Colville family made generous grants to [[Byland Abbey]] and [[Newburgh Priory]] but at the turn of the fourteenth century t
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• Denholme
  An alternative suggestion of the word "Holme", in old Viking Danelaw, would be that of reclaimed marshland (or an "island" in a w The town stands astride the old Roman Road from [[Manchester]] (''Mancunium'') to [[Ilkley]] (''Olicana'')
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• Scawton
  The wider parish was the setting, in 1322, for the Battle of Old Byland, on Scawton Moor to the south, at which Robert the Bruce defeated the Earl The road through the village used to link the two abbeys at [[Byland Abbey|Byland]] and [[Rievaulx Abbey|Rievaulx]], with the church, and possibly the villag
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