Ripley, 1, a manufacturing town (7) of Derbyshire, situated 10 m. NE. of Derby, in a busy coal and iron district; manufactures silk lace. 2. A Yorkshire village on the Nidd, 3½ m. NW. of Harrowgate; has an interesting castle, old church, &c.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Rip Van Winkle * Ripley, George