Ripley, North Yorkshire

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
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
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]

  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.

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