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The walled gardens are a delight to walk round, huge herbaceous borders, lawns and hot houses . There are also walled kitchen gardens containing fruit trees, herbs and vegetables.
Updated Sep 4, 2011
The gazebo was constructed by Sir William Amcotts Ingilby in 1818. It's a short walk from the Palm House.
Updated Sep 4, 2011
Events take place at Ripley Castle throughout the year. While I was there, a falconry display took place.
Written Sep 4, 2011
Website: www.ripleycastle.co.uk
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An Ingilby ancestor is remembered in the 15th century church of All Saints. Sitr Thomas Ingilby (1290- 1369) was knighted by Edward III for saving his life from a wild boar - giving the village its boar connections. His tomb is surrounded by his wife and effigies of their children. The church has other quirky features - for example, a series of marks on the east wall created by Cromwell's soldiers as they executed Royalist prisoners after the battle of Marston Moor.
Written Feb 23, 2006
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Ripley is a small village in North Yorkshire. It would be so easy to drive past on the way to or from visit Fountains Abbey but its worth a short stop. Cute cottages and cobbled squares with its church pub and village store at teh centere, plus a castle and tea rooms. Tthe village was decimated by the plague in the 1620s and was virtually rebuilt by one of the Ingilby ancestors, Sir William Amcotts Ingilby.
Written Feb 23, 2006
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The castle - Ripley Castle - is owned by the Ingilby family. It is set in a 1,700-acre estate, which takes in the entire village, and is very popular as a wedding venue. Indeed the day we visited a wedding was taking place. We didn't go inside or the gardens but settled instead for a walk around the perimeter following a lane around it to catch this slight reflection in its lake.
Updated Feb 23, 2006
The annual Scarecrow Competition takes place over the August bank holiday. Its theme is based on the famous Ripley Boar Hog. The scarecows with pig shaped heads are placed in and around the village. A competition is held to locate and name all the pigs, correct quiz sheets are drawn out and prizes awarded.
Updated Aug 31, 2011
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Of course the boar predominates in this village and the day we visited - an August Bank Holiday weekend -the local competition was to spot the dressed up boars scattered around the village.
Here are just a few that we spotted!
Written Feb 23, 2006
Ripley is a stone village in North Yorkshire, 3.5 miles north of Harrogate, on the A61 Harrogate - Ripon road. We passed by on the way to Fountains Abbey, it intrigued me enough, looking so quaint...
Ripley is a village in North Yorkshire. It's located between Ripon and Harrogate on the main A61 road and is a village lost in time. It is little changed from when it was the estate village of the......
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