From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Liberty of Ripon
Liberty of Ripon
Coordinates: 54°08′20″N 1°31′26″W / 54.139°N 1.524°W / In 1836 the temporal jurisdiction of the archbishop was
54.139; -1.524 The Liberty of Ripon or Riponshire was ended,[3] with the power to appoint justices revested in
a liberty possessing separate county jurisdiction,[1] al- the crown, and in 1837 the townships locally in the North
though situated within the county of Yorkshire. Riding were removed from the liberty.[4]
The liberty was under the jurisdiction of the Arch- In 1889, the Local Government Act 1888 came into op-
bishop of York, a privilege claimed to have been granted eration. Section 48 of the Act merged "every liberty and
by King Aethelstan in the tenth century. The liberty was franchise of a county" into its surrounding administra-
governed by a high steward and justices of the peace, tive county. While this was the end of the liberty’s ad-
appointed by the archbishop, and the area had separate ministrative functions, separate quarter sessions contin-
quarter sessions, in conjunction with the mayor and ued until 1953,[5] and it was also a distinct unit for land
recorder of the borough of Ripon, in whose town hall tax purposes for some time.
they were held.
In 1831 the following parishes and townships (locally
in the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire) were in the
References
liberty:[2] [1] Vision of Britain
• Most of Ripon [2] Lewis, Samuel, Topographical Dictionary of England,
• Felix-Kirk Vol. III, London, 1831
• Sutton under Whitestone Cliffe [3] Liberties Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Will 4 c.87)
• Kilburn [4] Description of Ripon in 1841
• Nidd with Killinghall [5] Ripon Quarter Sessions Courthouse Museum
• Marton cum Moxby
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