Hugh Ripley and William Chambers green plaque
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
No 37 Market Place On this site once stood the home of Hugh Ripley, the last Wakeman (1604) and the first Mayor of Ripon (1605). In the 1730s the celebrated architect Sir William Chambers spent his boyhood here. It was the main Post Office from 1860 to 1906 and later for about 30 years it became the
popular Lawrence Restaurant and Ballroom.
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