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Hall Garth is the earthwork remains of a former palace of the Archbishopric of York, situated near Sherburn in Elmet, Yorkshire, in the West Riding. In 937 Athelstan defeated an alliance of Scots and Scandinavians at the Battle of Brunanburh and as thanks for this victory he gave the manors at Sherburn and Cawood to the Archbishop of York. The palace at Sherburn was subsequently used as a hunting lodge by the Archbishops. The Saxon church associated with the palace was replaced around 1100 by a larger church which still stands immediately south of the monument. The palace had fallen into ruin by 1361 when the then Archbishop, John Thoresby, ordered its demolition. The earthwork remains include building platforms, wall lines, ditches, terraces and small quarrying scoops. The monument is within the council area of North Yorkshire.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1017486.

Place Type: Early Mediæval Monument
Historic County: Yorkshire
Division of County: West Riding
Lat, Long: 53.796477,-1.260318
Grid Reference: SE 4882 3360
Civil Parish: Sherburn in Elmet CP
Council Area: North Yorkshire CA
Strategic Authority Area: York and North Yorkshire SA
Police Area: North Yorkshire PA

GBPN ID: 302258
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Hall_Garth,_Yorkshire_302258

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