Ripon is a cathedral city and municipal borough[?] in North Yorkshire, England, 214 miles NNW from London.
Ripon is said to have been made a royal borough[?] by Alfred the Great, and in 937, Athelstan is stated to have granted to the monastery sanctuary, freedom from toll and taxes, and the privilege of holding a court, although both charters attributed to him are known to be spurious.
From before the Conquest until the incorporation charter of 1604 Ripon was governed by a wakeman[?] and 12 elders, or aldermen[?], but in 1604 the title of wakeman was changed to mayor, and 12 aldermen and 24 common councilmen were appointed.
Bishop Mount, the home of the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, lies about a mile to the North of Ripon, while the old Bishop's Palace, a Victorian building in Tudor style, is situated in extensive grounds about a mile to the West.
Ripon was the first school catchment area in England in which parents voted to keep a selective school in 2000.
Ripon's blend of rural-poor, lower and upper middle class types, and a few wealthy landowners make the city, in socioeconomic terms, a fascinatingly diverse place, given its comparatively small population.
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