Ripley, Derbyshire

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Ripley is a town in Derbyshire

Other current and historical names

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.-- town and township with ry. sta., Pentrich par., Derbyshire, 10 miles NE. of Derby - township, 2188 ac., pop. 7298; town, 1211 ac., pop. 60S7; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper; has a silk-lace manufactory, and in the neighbourhood are ironworks and coal and ironstone pits.

Ripley in the Domesday Book

A village in Morleystone hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

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