The Derby Built-up Area (BUA) or Derby Urban Area is an area including Derby and adjoining built-up districts of Derbyshire,. The Office for National Statistics defines an urban area as one which is built …

Image Reference: DCAV001379 Collection: Derbyshire ImageDate: Early 1900's LibraryRef: Ripley Image Date: Early 1900's Measurements: 52.9 x 33.8 cm Location: Derbyshire Keywords: HCCL …

This is the site of two earlier pieces of Ripley history. A group of local businessmen formed a syndicate to build a large and magnificent concert hall and ballroom that could accommodate a thousand …

Click on the images below to open them as a PDF file. Enjoy reading them and learning about the history of our wonderful Township! The information boards are situated in various locations...

Ripley, Derbyshire genealogy site with description, census transcripts, parish records, and many other resources.

Ripley appears in the 1086 Domesday Book when it was held by a man called Levenot, medieval Ripley was just a few stone cottages and farms around a village green. In the late 18th century Ripley and …

Ripley Town Hall on the Market Place was originally built in 1880. It was greatly extended and remodelled by the Borough Council to form that Council's Headquarters in the 1990s.

Ripley was once served by Ripley railway station on the Midland Railway Ripley Branch. It was the northern terminus of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Company and later of the …

Ripley was formerly a market town of some consequence, chartered about the reign of Henry III. The principal buildings of the place form a large quadrangle, consisting of several good shops and well …

Ripley Town Hall was commissioned in 1880 and designed by George Eyre. It opened on March 2 1881 and was altered in 1907. (1) Sanderson's map of 1835 shows a building, presumably a town hall or...