| PICKERING | North Yorkshire market town founded by King Peredurus according to legend (9) |
| CIRENCESTER | Gloucestershire market town founded by the Romans as Corinium Dobunorum, home of the UKs oldest polo club and the Royal Agricultural University (11) |
| PENISTONE | Writer is character in Yorkshire market town (9) |
| RESETTLES | Makes new home, having thing about Yorkshire market town |
| COMPANION | ____ Of Honour, recipient of an award founded by King George V in 1917 (9) |
| PENDRAGON | Ruined castle in Cumbria, supposedly founded by King Arthur's father (9) |
| SETTLE | Come to rest - North Yorkshire market town (6) |
| HAWES | Small North Yorkshire market town at the head of Wensleydale (5) |
| RICHMOND | North Yorkshire market town - London borough (8) |
| THIRSK | North Yorkshire market town (6) |
| BATH | Spa town founded by the Romans as Aquae Sulis, once home to Jane Austen (4) |
| AYLSHAM | Town, founded by Anglo Saxon thegn called Aegel, that was in modern times a founding town of the Cittaslow movement (7) |
| SUNLIGHT | Which Port is a 19th-century new town founded by the Lever brothers? (8) |
| ARIZ | State for Snowflake, a town founded by Mormon pioneers E. Snow and W.J. Flake |
| OTLEY | West Yorkshire market town on the River Wharfe (5) |
| WETHERBY | West Yorkshire market town on the River Wharfe |
| SELBY | It's nearly the date when food must leave the shelf in Yorkshire market town (5) |
| RIPON | Yorkshire market town, famous for its racecourse (5) |
| LINCOLN | Town founded by the Romans as Lindum Colonia; the 16th US president; or, a shade of green (7) |
| NORTHALLERTON | Yorkshire market town (13) |
