Ripley has been in the Ingleby family since 1300. It is not really a castle but a gentleman's country residence. The present owner is Sir Thomas Ingleby and his family, whose children like to help in the grounds and tearooms when they are home on holiday from school.
Ripley village was built in the French Gothic style in the 1830's when the then Baron had all the thatched buildings knocked down and rebuilt. He was a very eccentric man who used to often go out in his dressing gown.
In 1600 Oliver Cromwell came knocking on the door to stay the night during the Civil War. The then Baron had been fighting on the opposite side. In 1603 King James 1st came to stay the night on his way from Scotland to his Coronation in London.
The oldest room in the castle tower is seen today just as it was in 1555 complete with a Priest's secret hiding hole that was built for the Catholic Priest Francis Ingleby in 1586 It was only discovered by mistake in 1964.
The Ingleby's have strong connections with most of the conspirators of the 1605 Gunpowder plot and the Royalist trooper Jane Ingleby held Oliver Cromwell at pistol point in the castle library.
So again come with me and enjoy the treats of this quaint place and I promise we will do our best to miss the showers. And I do mean treats!
Such beautiful window boxes and displayed on every window ledge
Village school
Post Office
We are going to stop for coffee here
No, it wasn't empty - just a quiet corner which soon filled up
Everybody is eating Ice-cream - I wonder why
World Famous Ripley Ice-cream
Ripley ice-cream has been made to a well kept secret recipe for decades
Ripley ice-cream is made and served fresh
Soft, creamy and flavoursome
Yes it was delicious
And it's own olde worlde store
selling only specialist foods
Real Belgium chocolates - not chocolates made in England with Belgium chocolate
Hope you enjoyed your visit, especially the coffee, ice-cream, and chocolates
Real Belgium chocolates - not chocolates made in England with Belgium chocolate
but chocolates imported direct from Belgium
As these are my favourite chocolates it would be embarrasing to tell you how many I bought (or hubby bought for me) to take home
Hope you enjoyed your visit, especially the coffee, ice-cream, and chocolates
We are now setting off to Fountains Abbey, a World Heritage Site but there is so much to see there we find we will have to make a second visit later in the week
Stay tuned
20 comments:
Hi Barbara, interesting holiday photos, I have never gone as far as Yorkshire but would love to ...shame about the weather tho.
Hi Barbara,
So you tried the enormous ice-creams! My Mum lives less than a ten minute drive from Ripley, so you can imagine that I have visited a few times.
It really doesn't matter if the sun doesn't shine when you have such beautiful places to visit. I love Ripley Castle ~ I remember a beautiful chiming clock in the drawing room and the room that is reputed to be haunted...
Thanks for the memories.
Marie x
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit. You know, I would love to be your little side kick and travel around the country side with you. Sigh.
Stuff of my dreams! You are so fortunate! Thanks so much for sharing!
The best of tours you are giving. It boggles my mine to think how old the structures are.
Patsy
How beautiful...thanks for taking us along on the tour! We have nothing really 'old' out here...so touring a castle is special.
My goodness I have gotten way behind on your outings...you have been doing a ton of traveling it appears. How splendid your holiday has been.
What an interesting place! Thanks for sharing. The ice cream sounds wonderful.
Foutains Abbey was a spin off from St |Marys (the ruins I posted about) in York. It's somewhere I really want to go to. Can't wait to have my appetite whetted. :-)
Yes, I could actually almost taste that ice cream. I always enjoy your shared visits with all the wonderful history that goes with it. We get to see so many places that we would never get a chance to if it were not through your blog. This is MUCH better than history class.
Lots of delicious things to eat at Ripley Castle! I wonder, of all those delicious Belgium chocolates, which ones in particular are your favorites??
Oh, those window boxes! Was that fuschia I saw in there? Glorious colours!
Flowers, ice cream, chocolates, and a castle. Does life get any better than that???
I loved this post, Barbara. I hope I'll get to see Ripley Castle in person some day. Having recently read The Gunpowder Plot, I recognised the Ingleby name.
Please save some ice cream and chocolates for me!
Tag your it...drop on by to play!
What an interesting place. I loved looking at the food store.
Oh such delights! From the window boxes to the ice cream and Belgian chocolates. I must say that you remain slim and trim, Barbara, so you must be doing something right!
Thank you Barbara, that was a wonderful day out, just what I needed at the end of a long week at work. I'll be back for another cyber holiday tomorrow!
It's beautiful there.
What a "sweet" visit. I enjoy all the bits of history you share, the wonderful photographs, and your meanderings throughout your beautiful country. I'm glad to see the rain stopped for awhile!
Lorrie
Too bad they don't let you take pictures of the inside--that was fabulous. I wish I was English instead of American--there way cooler places there and much richer history, I think.
I especially love those last two pictures. Lovely and old school looking.
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