Rippon Bros was a coach building business thought to have begun as early as the 16th century. P619a State Coach of Queen Elizabeth

Historian

John Stow John Stow (''also'' Stowe; 1524/25 – 5 April 1605) was an English historian and antiquarian. He wrote a series of chronicles of English history, published from 1565 onwards under such titles as ''The Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles'', ''The C ...

e (1524/25 – 1605) reported that in 1555 Walter Rippon made a coach for the

Earl of Rutland Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

, and that in 1564 he made another for Queen Elizabeth. It is thought Rippon built the coach but not its decoration.Thomas Ryder, Carriage Designers, ''The Carriage Journal'': Vol 27 No 4 Spring 1990. The Carriage Association of America, Salem, USA It is believed the same business was more recently operated in

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

, Yorkshire by William Rippon and Charles Marsom as Rippon & Marsom then from 1882 it was taken on by Rippon's two sons - William Edward Rippon (1858-1949) and Joseph Rippon. Eventually it was owned by Rippon Bros Limited and its chairman was Colonel Reginald Rippon who died in 1969. The business closed in 1970.

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List of documents held by The National Archives
Rippon Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1970 Huddersfield 1970 disestablishments in England {{UK-company-stub