In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Ribston like this:

RIBSTON (Little), a township, with a village, in Spofforth parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Nidd, 3 miles S E of Knaresborough. Acres, 855. Real property, £1, 123. Pop., 230. Houses, 51. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.

Little Ribston through time

Little Ribston is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Ribston itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Ribston, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14125

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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