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We at Ripon.org have got our hands on some information regarding public houses in Ripon in 1850, and is dated July 1950. The information given is the name of the street, the name of the pub that stood there in 1850, and the name of the pub/shop/building that stood in its place in 1950.

We are trying to gather information as to what stands there today. If you think you know of any buildings that have now replaced the 1850s pub, please use the email form below to let us know.

Situation	1850	1950	Now
Park Street	Old Black Horse	Part of Co-op. stores	Now Calverts Carpets
Westgate	The Black Swan	Existing	Existing
Westgate	The (Green) Dragon	Now Shop 'Wilson's'	Now Spa Pharmacy / Damian James Hair Salon ?
Westgate	The Coach & Horses	Now Eden's Shop	Now Abode
High Skellgate	The Durham Ox	Now City Arms P.H.	?
High Skellgate	The Lamb & Flag	Existing	Existing
High Skellgate	The Angel	Now Park's Cycle Shop	?
Low Skellgate	The Turk's Head	Existing	Existing
Low Skellgate	The Boar's Head	Now Part of Glovers Garage	Was Ripon Landrover. Now Glovers Crescent
Water Skellgate	The Crown	Existing	Now Housing
Water Skellgate	The Horse & Jockey	Now County Library	Now Empty
Kirkgate	The Royal Oak	Existing	Existing
Kirkgate	The Minster Inn	Now Metcalfe's Furniture Shop	Now Blackburn & Swallow or Dish's Café Bar & Bistro
Market Place	The Unicorn Hotel	Existing	Existing
Market Place	The Crown & Anchor (Although the sign on the pub reads 'Crown Hotel')	Now Croft & Blackburn's	Now Sainsburys Supermarket
Market Place	The Norfolk Arms	Now Studley Royal Hotel	Now The Edinburgh Woolen Shop
Market Place (Queen's Head Yard)	The Queen's Head	Building Exists but used as warehouse	Now The Queen's Head Yard
Market Place	The Yorkshire Hussars	Demolished for entrance to Parking Ground	?
Market Place	The George & Dragon	Existing	Now Superdrug
Old Market Place	The Star	Existing	The Hornblower Tavern
Old Market Place	The Black Bull Hotel	Existing	Existing
Queen Street	The Buck	Now E. & M. Hairdressers & Cure Outfitters	Now Stuff 4 Offices
Fishergate	The Wheat Sheaf	Now Woolworths	Woolworths
Fishergate	The Grapes	Now Wallpaper Stores	Demolished to widen the road in 1906, but possibly Mint clothing?
Allhallowgate	The Golden Lion	Existing	Existing
Allhallowgate	The Lord Nelson	Existing	Now The One Eyed Rat
St. Marygate	The Fleece	Existing	Now Housing
Stonebridgegate	The Railway Inn	Closed to be demolished	Demolished under Slum Clearance; was on a site close to Ripon Fire Station
Bedern Bank	The King's Arms	Existing	Demolished. Now Bedern Bank Roundabout
Bondgate	The Bricklayer's Arms	Existing	Now Private House
Bondgate	The Ship	Existing	Existing
Canal Road	The Navigation	Existing	Existing
Bondgate Green	The Brewer's Arms	Existing	Now Housing
Blossomgate	The William IV	Existing now known as King William IV	Existing
North Street	The Victoria Tavern	Now rear of Boult's shop	Behind Lockwoods Restaurant
North Street	The Bay Horse	Now Wireless Relay shop	?
North Street	The Nag's Head	Now St. Wilfrid's Hotel	Now Joplings Estate Agents
North Street	The Saracen's Head	Existing	Now Ripon Osteopathy
North Street	The White Horse	Existing	Existing (Was called 'The Hat & Beaver')

It may be that the Station Hotel was in existance at the time but no date is at present available.

There were four Breweries:-

	1850	1950	2008
1.	Bondgate Brewery	Hepworth's - Existing	Now Housing
2.	Off Wellington Street	Now Part of Eden's Yard	?
3.	Low Mill Road	Now part of Yorkshire Varnish Works	Now Phoenix Business Centre
4.	Blue Belle Yard	Now demolished	?

The population in 1850 was 6160 and there were 39 'Inns' so that there was a licensed house for every 158 inhabitants.

In 1950 the estimated population was 9652 and there were 29 'Inns' so that there was a licensed house for every 333 inhabitants.

In 2008 the estimated population is 15922 and there are 19 'Inns' so that there is a licensed house for every 838 inhabitants.

We would also like to say a big thank you to Mr Mike Barlow who also kindly provided us with the following information;

Situation	Public House	Further Information
Middle Street	Bodega Hotel	Now an Estate Agent
King Street	Bottle & Jug	?
Boroughbrige Road	Brewers Arms	?
58 Allhallowgate	Brunswick Arms	?
Middle Street	Checkers	Middle Street was once called 'The Flesh Shambles' because of all the Butchers situated there.
Skellgate	Golden Lion	?
Fishergate	Hen & Chicken	Demolished in July 1898
Bondgate Green	Jolly Sailor	?
King Street	Malt Shovel Inn	Opposite Wellington Street
4 Blossomgate	Odd Fellows Arms	Condemned in 1901
Skellbank	Outside Inn	Was called Highland Laddie / Black Dog. In June 1956 The Black Dog Darts Team won the Yorkshire Championships - but were defeated in the 1/4 finals of the Northern Counties by the eventual winners. In Jan 1963 The Black Dog was auctioned to Scottish breweries for £4,500 and the name changed to The Highland Laddie, then to Rowels, and then to Bojangles in 1994, soon to be changed to The Outside Inn, followed by The Dog & Duck, and then Joe Rigatoni restaurant. It is now The Terrace restaurant & bar. (Thanks also to Mark Henshaw for this info)
Westgate	Slip Inn	Opposite the Temerance Hotel (Old Black Horse)
Harrogate Road	South Lodge	Existing
Bondgate Green	The Sun	?
Boroughbridge Road	The Water Rat	Existing. Was The Olde Alma Inn
Water Skellgate	White Swan	Opposite ginnel. Now a private house, No. 6. Has a small white swan plaque on the wall.
Market Place West	York Minster Inn	Was Victoria Café. Now Boots the chemist.

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