Ripley

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Ripley is a village in North Yorkshire

Parish/Community: Ripley
District/Borough: Harrogate
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°2'27"N 1°33'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 428479, 460649
OS Grid: SE284606
Mapcode Local: GBR KPHQ.M5
Mapcode Global: WHC86.XP5G

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ripley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ripley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ripley, small market town, par., and township with ry. sta. (Ripley Valley), E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Nidd, 3½ m. NW. of Harrogate - par., 7386 ac., pop. 1383; township, 1641 ac., pop. 291; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Monday. The town was rebuilt in 1829-30. Ripley Castle (erected 1555), seat of the Ingilby family, gave lodging for a night to Oliver Cromwell at the time of the battle of Marston Moor; it has extensive gardens and grounds, and holds 2 fairs.

Ripley in the Domesday Book

A village in Burghshire hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Merleswein the sheriff
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Paynel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Paynel
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ravenkel; Arnketil son of Ulf
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Ravenkel; Arnketil son of Ulf
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ravenkel; Arnketil son of Ulf
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 13 shillings in 1066

British Place Names

Ripley, North Yorkshire

Ripley is a village in North Yorkshire

Ripley in historic gazetteers

Ripley in the Domesday Book