Rippon Bros
Appearance
Rippon Bros was a coach building business thought to have begun as early as the 16th century.
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Historian John Stowe (1524/25 – 1605) reported that in 1555 Walter Rippon made a coach for the Earl of Rutland, and that in 1564 he made a state coach for Queen Elizabeth. It is thought Rippon built the coach but not its decoration.[1]
It is believed the same business was more recently operated in Huddersfield, Yorkshire by William Rippon and Charles Marsom as Rippon & Marsom then from 1882 it was taken on by Rippon's two sons - William Edward Rippon (1858-1949) and Joseph Rippon. Eventually it was owned by Rippon Bros Limited and its chairman was Colonel Reginald Rippon who died in 1969. The business closed in 1970.
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References
[edit]- ^ Thomas Ryder, Carriage Designers, The Carriage Journal: Vol 27 No 4 Spring 1990. Carriage Association of America, Salem, USA