Ripon
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 8 ′ N , 1 ° 31 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 15,922 (as of: 2001) | ||
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| Post town | RIPON | ||
| ZIP code section | HG4 | ||
| prefix | 01765 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Shire county | North Yorkshire | ||
| District | Harrogate | ||
| British Parliament | Skipton & Ripon | ||
| Website: ripon.org | |||
Ripon is a small town in the Borough of Harrogate in the English county of North Yorkshire and had a total of 15,922 inhabitants according to the 2001 census.
geography
Ripon is 20 km north of the district capital, Harrogate . Major cities in the vicinity are Leeds (45 km south), Bradford (50 km southwest), York (40 km southeast) and Middlesbrough (50 km north). The River Ure flows through the city in a north-south direction, while the River Skell flows into the Ure when coming from the west. The River Laver is a tributary of the River Skell to the west of the city.
history
The permanent settlement of Ripon goes back to a monastery that was founded in the 7th century . In 1108 Ripon received city rights. The center of the city is the market square with the obelisk built in 1702 , which is now the oldest free-standing obelisk in the country. For centuries (supposedly for more than 1100 years) the tradition has been maintained that at 9 p.m. the city guard on the market square at the four corners of the obelisk blows his horn.
politics
City council
The city council consists of 12 elected persons, three each representing each of the four districts of Ripos: Minster Ward , Moorside Ward , Spa Ward and Urebank ward . They elect the mayor from among their number.
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows a golden French horn on a red background. A traditionally dressed official appears regularly in the city center or at festivities as a historical horn blower with a replica.
Town twinning
Ripon is twinned with
Culture and sights
One of the city's attractions is the cathedral , built around 672 under Wilfrid , Bishop of York , as one of the first stone churches in England. It was destroyed in a fire around 860 and rebuilt around 900, only to be destroyed again by the Normans in 1069 .
In 1080 Thomas of Bayeux , the first Norman Archbishop of York, had a new church built. The church was greatly expanded in the 12th and 13th centuries. During a storm in 1450, the central tower collapsed and the church remained unusable until 1485.
Originally the cathedral was a minster (monastery church). It only became a cathedral when the Diocese of Ripon was founded in 1836 , the first re-establishment since the Reformation .
Near Ripon is Fountains Abbey , Britain's largest ruined monastery. The monastery was founded in 1132 by 13 Benedictine monks . Henry VIII had the monastery dissolved in 1539 and sold it to private property. Today, Fountains Abbey and the nearby Studley Royal estate are owned by the UK National Trust . Another attraction are the Thornborough Henges north of Ripon and the Studley Royal Water Garden south-west of the city.
Infrastructure: transport
Ripon is on the A61 ( Derby - Thirsk ), which crosses five kilometers northeast of the city with the A1 ( London - Edinburgh ). Other roads are the A6108 leading to Richmond and the B6265, via which there is a connection to the motorway-like A1 (M) at Boroughbridge .
Ripon was connected to the rail network of Great Britain from June 1, 1848 on the Leeds – Northallerton railway line . On March 6, 1967, the station was closed to passenger traffic and on September 5, 1969, the railway line was completely shut down as part of the Beeching Ax . The cost of reactivating the line would be around £ 40m. It is assumed that around 1200 passengers a day in the opening year and up to 2700 passengers in the following years.
Ripon is connected to the navigable River Ure via the Ripon Canal and, subsequently, via the River Ouse to the English narrowboat canal system. The canal ends as one of the northernmost points of the entire network in the Ripon Canal Basin . Erected in 1769, it was decided to abandon it in 1956, but local authorities and associations managed to prevent the impending deterioration and to make the canal again available for recreational shipping.
sons and daughters of the town
- Edward Baines the Elder (1774–1848), publicist and Member of Parliament
- George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827–1909), statesman and diplomat
- Edward Gawler Prior (1853–1920), politician and mining engineer - Prime Minister of the Province of British Columbia
- Frederick Orpen Bower (1855-1948), botanist
- David George Kendall (1918–2007), authority on applied probability and data analysis
- Julie Ward (* 1957), politician
- Simon Grayson (* 1969), football coach
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Ripon CP (Parish) . In: Neighborhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved February 1, 2009.
- ^ City Councilors. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Nick Catford: Station Name: RIPON. In: Disused Stations. Retrieved December 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Reopening line makes economic sense, says study. The Northern Echo, May 14, 2004, accessed November 20, 2012 .
- ↑ Backing for restoring rail link . In: BBC News Online , BBC, May 11, 2004. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
- ^ Railway plan may be back on track . ThisIsTheNorthEast.co.uk. Retrieved on February 1, 2009. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ripon Canal at Canal & River Trust , in English
