Harrogate

Harrogate, or HARROWGATE, a watering-place in the West Riding of Yorkshire, lies among the moors, 450 feet above sea-level, and by rail is 17 miles N. of Leeds and 20 WNW. of York. It consists of two parts, High and Low, and is celebrated for its sulphureous, saline, and chalybeate springs. The sulphureous springs are of laxative and diuretic quality, while the chalybeate are tonic. The waters are used both externally and internally, and are in great repute in many diseases of the skin and in some cases of dyspeptic disorders, scrofula, gout, jaundice, rheumatism, &c. The springs were discovered in 1596. Harrogate is a remarkably healthy place, the death-rate per 1000 ranging in six years between 14.5 and 11.7. It was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1883. Smollett's Humphrey Clinker (1771) gives a lively account of Harrogate. Pop. (1851) 3678; (1881) 9482; (1891) 13,917. See Grainge's History of Harrogate (1871).