a market-town of England, East Riding of Yorkshire, 20 miles S.S.E. of York, and about a mile N. of the Ouse, where there is a ferry and a small harbour for boats. The church, formerly collegiate, is a spacious cruciform edifice, chiefly in the decorated English style, 255 feet long by 66 feet wide, with an elegant square embattled tower 135 feet high. The chapter-house is an octagonal building with 30 stalls. Near the town, and now used as a farm-house, are the remains of an ancient palace of the bishops of Durham. Market-day, Saturday. One of the greatest horse fairs in England is held here annually on 25th Sept., and 6 following days; and here most of the horses for the army are obtained. Pop. (1851) 2235.