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| | Foundation Breeders: Helmsley |
 | | Helmsley, in the Ryedale area of North Yorkshire, is adjacent to Rievaulx Abbey and the ancient natural racecourse at Hambleton. |
 | | During the Commonwealth, in 1651, Helmsley was given to Thomas Lord Fairfax (1612-1671), leader of the Parliamentary Army. |
 | | His father-in-law, Fairfax, retired to Nun Appleton, and died where he was born, at Denton, near Otley (West Riding), in 1671; the ancestral Fairfax castle at Denton burned around 1700, was reconstructed, and was later replaced by a Carr-designed mansion for the Ibbetson family. |
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