Kings Ripton (traditionally King's Ripton) is a village and

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in Cambridgeshire, England. Kings Ripton lies approximately north-east of

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. Kings Ripton is situated within

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which is a

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of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

History

Forming part of the parish of neighbouring

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at the time of the

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, in a suit of 1276 the king claimed the area as the demesne of the Crown and was known for a while as ''Ripton Regis'', a hamlet of Hartford. The prefix "King's" is used to distinguish it from neighbouring

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, which was at one time owned by

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. The manor is currently owned by

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. The early

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leader

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was buried on 21 October 1660 "in Thomas Parnell's burying-ground at King's Ripton." According to the village's website "There is also a Quakers Burial ground to the rear of 'Quakers Rest' on Ramsey Road."

Government

As a civil parish, Kings Ripton has a parish council, composed of five councillors and has a parish clerk. The second tier of local government is

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, a

of Cambridgeshire. Kings Ripton is a part of the district ward of ''Upwood and The Raveleys'' and is represented on the district council by one councillor. For Kings Ripton the highest tier of local government is

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. Kings Ripton is part of the electoral division of ''Warboys and Upwood'' and is represented on the county council by one councillor. At

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Kings Ripton is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire, where it is represented by

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Demography

Population

In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Kings Ripton was recorded every ten years by the

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. During this time the population was in the range of 111 (the lowest was in 1901) and 284 (the highest was in 1861). From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the

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). All population census figures from report ''Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011'' by ''Cambridgeshire Insight''. In 2011, the parish covered an area of and the population density of Kings Ripton in 2011 was 104.5 persons per square mile (40.4 per square kilometre).

Church

The parish church of St Peter dates from the 13th century, with extensions over the following 300 years. There was a church on the site at the time of the Norman Conquest though no trace remains of the original building. The ornamented square font dates from the 12th century.

References

External links

Kings Ripton parish website
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