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Northallerton
Market day on High Street, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, Eng.
Northallerton
England, United Kingdom
Northallerton, town (parish), north-central North Yorkshire county, northern England. It was the scene of the Battle of the Standard (1138), in which English forces defeated Scottish supporters of the Holy Roman empress Matilda led by her uncle, King David I of Scotland. Pop. (2001) 9,690; (2011) 10,655.
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