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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 is now part of HUNTINGDONSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how HUNTINGDONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Abbots Ripton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Abbots Ripton in Huntingdonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7362
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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