929 WEST cRIDING . • • supplied 'from St. Wilfrid's Well, which rises ln I! field a erected on the opposite side of the road, in the Decorated little to the west of it, and not far from the close where the style, in 1870. Gospel-tree stood ; its stream, however, as well tt.s that of a The Hospital of St. Anne, in Higb St. Agnesgate, is the spring on Borrage Green, being both. of exceedingly pure foundation and structure of an uncertain benefactor, about quality and much frequented, had been protected and col­ the time t>f Edward IV. and holds eight poor women eacu lected in stone basios tor public use by JJr. Richardson, of having a dwelling A.nd a small pension: its little chapef, now Ripon, in 1758 anrl 1762. There is also another valuable iA ruins, retains the piscina and a.ltar-stone on which tradi..., spring, ca.lled St. Helen's Well, about a mile from the city, tion asserts that the ransom of a Scottish king was paid~ the by the side of the Leeds road; and a sulphuretted spa, which, burial place is now used as a garden. ' though hut slijl'htly impregnated, is not useless~ at the north Jepson's Hospital, in Water Skellga.te, was founded hy end of Stonebridgegate. Zacharill8 J epson, of , apothecary, and natiu of Ripon, Th~ Gas Works, in Stammergate, were established in who bequeathed £3,000 to feoffees to purchase lands for the 1830, and purchased by the corporation in 1865, at a eost maintenance and education of twenty orphan boys or poor of £9,000, t~ioce when they have been very considerably tradesmen's sons of the town of Ripon, who were to be ad­ enlarged. mitted at the age of seven years ; this institution' has sub­ The Hospital of St. John the Baptist owes its origin to sequently received benefactions, but the original funds hav­ Thomas, second Archbishop of York, A.D. l109, and has an ing been injudiciously invested, caused the nnmber of bo)'11 to income of £270 yearly, derived from land. The old ~hapel be reduced to ten; the income is now .£-:Ulo yearly. The was in no way remarkable, and was replaced by a new building Ripon poor's land charity comists of invested funds, \vhich in 1809 at a cost of .£1,300: the new chapel it1 rectangular, produce .£280 yearly for distribution. with apsidal chancel, and is carried out in the Late Pointed style. Almshouses in connection with this. charity are ln The area of the townt~hip ls 1,561 acres; and .the pop,Jfa­ tion in 1871 was 6,143; area of the entire parish, 58,~:15 course of erection. acres; population,15,832. The population of the municipal The H os pi tal of St. Mary Magdalene~ founded by an Arch­ and parliamentary borough, the limits of which are co-e:rc~en­ hishop of York, who w~ forgotten so early as 13tl,supplies six poor women with apartments and a pension. The chapel sive, in 1871 was 6,806. remains 11.8 it was left at the Reformation. The original AISMUN DERBY-with-BONDGATE is a township in ti1is structure of the twelfth century, containing a rudely orna­ parish ; the population in 1871 was 732; area. 1,085 acres. mented Norman doorway, was repaired during the Perpen­ Parish Clerk, George Benson, 18 Kirkgate. dicular era, when the screen and its appurtenant stalls were Clerk of Trinity Church, Samuel Robinson. constructed. A low side window of this date also remains. [The above account of Ripon is founded on e:dracts by Besides these relics, there is a high altar of stone still re­ the special permission of the author, the late I, R. Walhran maining in its proper position, and the pavement before it is esq. P.s.A. (formerly Mayor of Ripon), from a cop.\right well worthy of consideration. By a munificent donation from hook entitled u A Guide to Ripon and ," pub­ the Rev. G. Mason, of Hall, a new chapel was lished by A. Johnson & Co.]

Official Establishments, Local Institutions, &c. PosT, MoNEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OPF'ICE, Savin~s Francis Beaumont Ellison esq. Harroga1e Bank & Government Insurance & Annuity Office, Market Thomas Wood esq. Bellwood place.- Miss Elizabeth Procter, postmistress. Mail Earl de Grey, Studley Royal arrives from all parts at 6.45 a.m. 12.30 p.m. & 4.45 William Harker esq. p.rn. except sunday, then one arrival only, & that at 8.30 R. Williamson esq. Sunny bank a.m. Box closes tor all parts at 7 p.m. except sunday, T. Carter esq. Ashfield then at 6.10 p.m. Money orders granted & paid from 9 W. W. Gatlilfesq. Thorpe lodge till 5 daily Colonel the Hon. A. M. Cathcart, Kirkby MalzearJ. W. Garnett esq. Fair lawn, Sharow MEMBER OP PARLIAMENT. John Dalton esq. Slemingford park Ri!!ht Hon. George Joachim Goschen, Seacox heath, Hawk­ burst, Kent; 69 Portland place w; Athenreum club s.w Officers. & City Liherc&l & City of club~ e.c. London Treasurer, John ·wood, North street Rtturning Officer, The Mayor Coroner, C!Jarles Husband, High St. Agnesgate-, Deputy Bailiff, Samuel Harrison, Kirkgate CORPORATION. Clerk of the Peace for the Liberty, Samuel Wise· Mayor-Robert Ellington Collinson Clerk to MagiJJtrates, G. 0. Crowther Aldermen. The following is a list of the townships within the Liberty of­ George Kearsley William Wells Ripon :-Aismunderby-with-Bondgate, Bishopton, Bishop . Richard Lumley Thornton, Bishop Monk ton, Bishopside (High & Low), . I Clotherholme, , Givendale, Grantley, Hewick Councillors. (Bridge), Hewick (Copt), lngerthorpe, Markington-with- - Wallerthwaite, Markingfield ball, Newby-with-Mulwith, William Dudgeon Thomas Binns ~ .P G. N. Mnllinson J ames , North Stainley-with-Slesingford, Nunwick-with- · John Banks Lee John Baynes , Ripon, Sawley, Risplith (hamlet), 8harow, George Cal ,·ert Fred Bateman Skelton, ~utton Grange, Warsill, Westwicke, Wbitclifft::-­ J. B. Parkin S. Tomlinson with-Thorpe T. Stevenson Samuel Croft KIRKBY !IALZEA.RD DIVISION' OP THB WEST RIDING.' Town Clerk ~ Clerk to School Attendance Committee, MAGISTRATES. Richard Ward Nicholson, High Skellgate Serjeant at Mace, William Chapman, Westgate Marquis of Ripon, Studley Royal Col. J nshua Samuel Crompton, hall ln.'~pector of Nuisances, Samuel Harrison, Ha.ll yard School Attendance Officer, John Marshall, Westgate John Yorke e~q- , Pateley Bridge Superinterultmt of Police, Thomll8 Metcalfe, Kirkgate Frederick Henry 'Wood esq. Hollin hall Sergr.ant, George Wilson, Low Skellgate Rev. Samuel Hopper Powell, Sharow lodge Keeper of the .Fire Engine, Wm. Moorey, 89 Allhallowgate H. F. C. Vyne:r esq. Newby hall Samuel Swirt' esq. Littlethorpe liBERTY OP RIPON. Hanley HutchiniOn esq. Grassfleld, Pa~e~eJ Bridge J. Hurst esq. Copt-Hewick • County Magistrates. Rohert Kearsley esq. Highfield Marquis of Ripon, Studley Royal Earl de Grey, Studle,v Royal Charles C. Oxl~y t'SQ. Ripon William Harker estJ, Pateley Bridge Frederick Henry Wood esq. Hollin hall W. Garnett esq. Fair Lawn, Sharow John Yorke ~sq. Hewerley, Pateley Bridge Col. the Hon. A. M. Cathcart, Kirkby lVIalzeard Rev. Samuel Hopper Powell, Sharow lodge Charles C. Oxley esq. Ripoo H. F. C. Vyner e~q. Newby ball Clerk, G~ 0. Crowther Samuel Swire esq. Littlethorpe The following is a list of the townships within the petty Henry Hugh Oxley esq. Bishopton sessional division of Kirk by llalzeard :~AIJfield, Azer1ey, Hanley HutchinBlln e!lq. Grw;sfield, Pateley Bridge Hamlet ()f , Grewelthorpe, , J. S. Hurst esq. Copt Ht::wick Laverton, Lindrick with Studley Royal & Fountains, Robert K~arsley esq. Highfield Hamlet ofMickley, Skelding, Studley Hoger & Wioksley 59