RIPPONDEN, a village, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Halifax parish and district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the Ryburne rivulet, 3 miles S S W of Sowerby-Bridge r. station, and 5½ S W of Halifax; is partly in the township of Barkisland, but chiefly in that of Soyland; and has a post-office under Halifax. The chapelry comprises Soyland and Rishworth townships, and part of Barkisland. Pop., about 5,000. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The church was built in 1731, is in the Doric style, and has a tower. There are chapels forwesleyans and New Connexion Methodists, and a national school. The sub-district includes also the rest of Barkisland township, and comprises 13, 570 acres. Pop., 6, 620. Houses, 1, 345.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))