Now! Then! 2025! - A Yorkshire Almanac

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Having viewed Harewood we proceeded to Harrogate and put up at the Granby House, which is situated at Upper Harrogate. At ½ past 4 we dined. A collection for wine and liquors of all kinds is made daily after dinner at each table for the preceding day. The bill for other things remains till called for. Trout is brought in by different persons both for breakfast and after dinner in baskets, and offered to each individual who purchases or not as he or she may be inclined. An intercourse of civilities is kept up between the company at the Green Dragon and the company at the Granby. A general invitation to a ball, to begin at ½ past 7 is sent from each house in turn. Those who go pay each one shilling on entering the room, and such gentlemen as dance pay each four shillings more. The ladies do not pay anything in addition if they dance. These balls do not continue long as it is customary for the visiting company to return to their own house to supper – about eleven o’clock. The Granby House is whimsically called the House of Lords, the Green Dragon the House of Commons, and the Queen’s Head the Manchester Warehouse, from its being said to be much resorted to by people from that town. On the common, before the Granby House, there is a small stone building, in the inside of which is the mineral spring of Harrogate. The sulphurous spring is near the Queen’s Head.

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Check-out 31st August:

The expences at Harrowgate are as follows—Breakfast, Dinner, Tea, Supper, Six Shillings‘a day. Lodgings I conclude very reasonable. Seven Shillings & 6d only was charged for 3 beds, —viz: Mr & Mrs Offley—Miss Waring & mine, for five nights.—We had also occasionally a sitting room.—The [Lodgings] are not usually charged, and I know not how this small sum of 7s 6d came into the bill.

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Having viewed Harwood we proceeded to Harrowgate & put up at the Granby House, which is situated at Upper Harrowgate. At ½ past 4 we dined. A collection for wine & liquors of all kinds is made daily after dinner at each table for the preceding day.—The Bill for other things remains till called for.—Trout is brought in by different persons both for breakfast and after dinner in baskets, and offered to each Individual who purchases or not as He or She may be inclined. An intercourse of civilities is kept up between the Company at the Green Dragon & the Company at the Granby. A general invitation to a Ball, to begin at ½ past 7 is sent from each House in turn. Those who go pay each one shilling on entering the room, & such gentlemen as dance pay each four shillings more. The Ladies do not pay anything in addition if they dance. These Balls do not continue long as it is customary for the visiting Company to return to their own House to Supper.—about Eleven oclock. The Granby House is whimsically called the House of Lords,—the Green Dragon the House of Commons,—and the Queens Head the Manchester Warehouse, from its being said to be much resorted to by people from that town. On the Common, before the Granby House there is a small stone building in the inside of which is the Mineral Spring of Harrowgate. The Sulphurous Spring is near the Queens Head.

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• Cedar Court Hotel, Harrogate (1), originally the Queen's Head, later Queen Hotel, Victorian rebuild and extensions, pilot accommodation in WWII, headquarters of the regional health authority from 1950, since 1990 Cedar Court Hotel ·
• Chalybeate (1) ·
• Dance (5) ·
• Farington, Joseph (1747-1821) (13), landscape painter and diarist, inter alia of Turner ·
• Food (2) ·
• Granby Hotel (1) ·
• Grove House, Harrogate (1), former inn, school, house and orphanage, built 1745–54 as World's End Inn, expanded as home of Samson Fox, late C19th inventor of the corrugated flue, first house in Yorkshire to have lighting by water gas, orphanage 1927-47 ·
• Harewood House (3) ·
• Harrogate (13) ·
• Iron (9) ·
• Manchester (21) ·
• Mineral spring (1) ·
• Salt (3) ·
• Spa town (4) ·
• Spirit (3) ·
• St John’s Well (1) ·
• Sulfur (1) ·
• Tewit Well (1) ·
• The Stray (Harrogate) (1) ·
• Trout (2) ·
• Wine (7) ·

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