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| | GENUKI: Bingley |
 | | In the time of Dodsworth, who visited this place in 1621, "there was a park at Bingley and castle near the church, on a hill, called Bailey Hill," of which little more than the name and tradition now remain. |
 | | The church, a plain and decent structure, was restored in the early part of the reign of Henry VIII. |
 | | By a decree of the Lord Chancellor, in December, 1820, it was determined that it should he conducted as a Free Grammar School for teaching the children of the inhabitants of the parish of Bingley, the learned languages. |
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