Bolton Abbey – July 18, 2013

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The Domesday Book lists Bolton Abbey as the caput manor of a multiple estate including 77 carucates of ploughland (9240 acres/3850ha) belonging to Earl Edwin. The estate then comprised Bolton Abbey, Halton EastEmbsayDraughton; Skibeden, SkiptonLow SnaygillThorlbyAddinghamBeamsley, Holme, Gargrave; Stainton, OtterburnScosthropMalham, Anley; Coniston ColdHellifieldand Hanlith. They were all laid waste in the Harrying of the North and were granted first to The Clamores of Yorkshire until c1090 when transferred to Robert de Romille who moved its center toSkipton Castle. The Romille line died out c1310 so Edward II granted his estates to Robert Clifford. In 1748 Baroness Clifford married William Cavendish so Bolton Abbey Estate thereafter belonged to the Dukes of Devonshire until a trust was set up by the 11th Duke of Devonshire turning it over to the Chatsworth Settlement Trustees to steward. The 12 000 hectare/30 000 acre/120 km². Estate has five areas designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest, including Strid Wood, an ancient woodland (mainly oak), which contains the length of the River Wharfe known as The Strid.