In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Abbots Ripton like this:
RIPTON-ABBOTS, a parish, with a village, and with Wennington hamlet, in the district and county of Huntingdon; near the Great Northern railway, 4 miles N of Huntingdon. Post-town, Huntingdon. Acres, 3, 956. Real property, £4, 680. Pop., 381. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Ramsey abbey, passed to the St. Johns, and belongs now to E. Fellows and B. Rooper, Esqs. R. Hall is the seat of Mr. Rooper. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £630.* Patron, the Rev. P. P. Rooper. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1858. There is a national school.
Abbots Ripton through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Abbots Ripton has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Huntingdonshire. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Abbots Ripton and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Abbots Ripton in Huntingdonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7362
Date accessed: 19th May 2013
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