Welcome to our timeline sliders, in 2011 The Wetherby Historical Trust realised that although there was a lot of published information about events that have happened in the history of Wetherby there was no single point of reference so it decided to compile a file listing the event, the date and source of the information.
Here at the civic society we are presenting this list to you as a interactive slider so you can see the events of the past
200AD – 1700AD
200AD
Three skeletons of the 3rd to 4th centuries AD were discovered during excavations at the cattle market.
300AD
An excavation at a site behind The New Inn found 4th century AD burials, pottery and coins of the emperors Constans 337-50, Magnentius 350-53 & Valens 464-78
1086AD
Wetherby mentioned in the Domesday Book as “Wedrebi” when it was first owned by the Percy family.
1140AD
Wetherby Castle constructed (illegally) by the Percy Family
1155AD
Wetherby Castle dismantled on the orders of Henry II
1233AD
Walter de Gray, Archbishop of York, allowed an indulgence, a remission of punishment for sins committed, to those who contributed financially to the building of Wetherby bridge
1238AD
Knights Templar gifted the mill at Wetherby by William de Denby
1240AD
Knights Templars granted Royal Charter by Henry III to hold market. Mentioned as “Werribi”
1312AD
Templars suppressed. Inventory of their property showed two mills at Wetherby
1318AD
Wetherby ransacked by Earl of Moray’s Scots
1324AD
The Pope abolished the Order of Knights Templars and their holdings in Wetherby were handed over to the Knights of St John of Jerusalem.
1407AD
Sir Thos. Rockeby the Sheriff of York prevented the Earl of Northumberland coming through Wetherbie
1540AD
Knights of St John of Jerusalem dissolved at the Reformation and their possessions transferred to the Crown. Three water mills at Wetherby
1552AD
King Edward VI granted Manor of Wetherby to John Dudley Duke of Northumberland.
1569AD
The Earl of Northumberland marched through Wetherby with 5,000 foot and 2,000 horse soldiers and encamped on Clifford Moor.
1569AD
West Riding Quarter Sessions first come to Wetherby. Held in a room in North Street.
1602AD
Queen Elizabeth I bestowed the Manor of Wetherby to Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury. She settle it on her son William Cavendish later Earl of Devonshire
1642AD
7th December skirmish between Parliamentarians and Royalists in Wetherby. Parliamentarians victorious
1644AD
July before marching to Marston More the Parliamentarians spent two days in Wetherby
1666AD
Wetherby Grange built “as a substantial stone house”
1700+
1723AD
11th March the Great fire of Wetherby
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1743AD
General Wade marched through Wetherby with his army and encamped on Clifford Moor
1763AD
1763 – 1842
2nd Wetherby Market Place Chapel
1767AD
In August a great flood damaged the weir and surrounding property
1777AD
The Mill House became the first licensed Methodist meeting house in Wetherby
1794AD
First Methodist Meeting House built in Bank Street
1812AD
The Duke of Devonshire built New Street (Now known as Victoria Street)
1817AD
Calvinists had meeting rooms in New Street (Now known as Victoria Street)
1824AD
11th – 14th October 1824
Sale of Wetherby
To fund work on Chatsworth House the Duke of Devonshire sold the ‘entirety of Wetherby.’
1824AD
Notice advertising the contract for the widening of Wetherby Bridge comprising 4 arches of 40ft & 2 arches of 24ft to be let on 19th October in Knaresborough
1826AD
Wetherby bridge widened to 15ft 6ins
1829AD
30th October Wetherby Methodist Chapel opened