Ripley
Ripley is located in North Yorkshire
Ripley
Ripley
Location within North Yorkshire
Population232 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE282605
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHARROGATE
Postcode districtHG3
Dialling code01423
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
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UK
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54°02′28″N 1°34′05″W / 54.041000°N 1.568000°W / 54.041000; -1.568000

Ripley is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire in England, a few miles north of Harrogate on the A61 road towards Ripon. The town name derives from Old English and is believed to mean wood of the Hrype or Ripon people.[2] Ripley was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.[3]

History

Ripley Castle, 1816 by Francis Orpen Morris
Ripley Town Hall

The town and castle are privately owned.[4] A castle dating from the 15th century, Ripley Castle, has been the home of the Ingilby family for 700 years.[5] The present owner is Sir Thomas Ingilby, 6th Baronet (see Ingilby Baronets), the 28th generation. The castle, which has a priest hole, is open for public tours.[6] The landscaped castle grounds and ornamental lakes are also open to the public.[7]

Ripley has 55 Grade II Listed buildings and two that are Grade I Listed: Ripley Castle and the "Gatehouse Approximately 80 Metres South of Ripley Castle".[8]

A 19th century Ingilby tore down the old village, except for the castle and the church, and modelled it after an Alsatian village with Ripley Town Hall designed in the style of a French "hôtel de ville".[9]

There is a cycle path between Ripley and Harrogate called the Nidderdale Greenway which is part of the National Cycle Route 67.[10][11]

In March 2017, the town was named number 17 out of the 20 Best Villages in Britain to live in (one of only two in the North of England).

See also

References

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Ripley Parish (1170217072)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 388. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  3. ^ "History of Ripley, in Harrogate and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Inside Britain's privately owned villages". Country Life. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. ^ Sir Thomas Ingilby. "Ingilby History: 700 Years of Ingilbys at Ripley Introduction". Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Castle Tour - Ripley Castle". www.ripleycastle.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Gardens to visit: Ripley Castle". The Telegraph. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Listed Buildings in Ripley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire". BritishListedBuildings. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Ripley... home of the blues". The Yorkshire Post. 7 October 2005. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  10. ^ Mitchell, David. "Tour de France in Ripley". www.hedgehogcycling.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Yorkshire: Harrogate to Ripley" (PDF). sustrans.org.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

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