KNARESBOROUGH, a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire in England. It is an ancient borough by prescription, governed by a bailiff, who, with the burghesses, elects the members of parliament, and its market is excellent for corn. This town is noted for its petrifying well, and three medicinal springs; one being a kind of vitriolic spaw, another sulphureous, and the other a cold bath, being all within a few miles. The adjacent fields afford great plenty of liquoree. It is seated on a rough ragged rock, by the river Nid, and is adorned with a castle. W. Long. 1. 6. N. Lat. 54. 0.