A resident of Boroughbridge, he was returned in 1735 as Member of Parliament for Aldborough, succeeding his late father-in-law William Jessop.
The stones are of millstone grit, probably quarried from Plompton, the closest source of this material.
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The incident interrupted the main transport route for a short time and the army installed a Bailey bridge until repairs were completed.
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In 1945 the bridge carrying the A1 road over the River Ure collapsed under the weight of a heavy transport vehicle carrying an 80-ton steel mill roll housing from Sheffield to Falkirk.
James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn PC (Ire) (London, 22 October 1712 – 9 October 1789, Boroughbridge), was a Scottish and Irish nobleman, the eldest son of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer.
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Isell (1697–1737), MP for Boroughbridge 1718-1722 and Cockermouth