Entries for the tag ‘St. Robert of Knaresborough (ca. 1160-1218)’
Born Robert Flower, hermit who lived in a cave by the River Nidd at Knaresborough, feast day 24 September. 
- 4 August 1661: The tenant of St Robert’s cave, Knaresborough, tells the parson-naturalist John Ray the legend of the saint and the cripple
- 8 February 1745: Pioneering but pennyless philologist Eugene Aram murders a wealthy Knaresborough wastrel
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