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Settle is thought to be on Anglian seventh century origins, its name being the Angle word for settlement. After the Harrying of the North between 1069 and 1071 , the area was described in the Domesday survey as "waste". A Market charter was granted to Henry de Percy (1228–1272) by Henry III in 1248. A market square developed and the main route through the medieval town was aligned on an east-west direction, from what is now Albert Hill down Victoria Street, High Street and Cheapside and on through Kirkgate. This led to Giggleswick, important because it was here that citizens had to go to attend the parish church. The first bridge over the Ribble was mentioned in 1498.