Ripponden

Ripponden is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England, near Halifax, on the River Ryburn. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is the site of a Roman settlement, and there is a Roman road over nearby Blackstone Edge, a rocky ridge of Millstone Grit. It has a population of 6,412, increasing to 7,421 at the 2011 Census.