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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are held at York, where is the county gaol. The quarter-sessions for the West Riding are held as follows: the Easter sessions at Pontefract; the Midsummer quarter-sessions at Skipton, whence they are adjourned to Bradford, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… is known from contemporary views. 57 The Moot Hall or Sessions House on the E. of the bailey was singlestoreyed, of … alterations. Accordingly in 1824 the Court of Gaol Sessions resolved to enlarge the prison. Three designs exist, … of liberty. The Shire Hall at Nottingham (1770) and the Sessions House at Canterbury (1806) have similar devices in …