stanbriggate

Updated: May 10, 2025

In common speech the street is always 'Stammergate, which is probably a corruption of 'Stanbriggate. The latter is the original name of the street, and appears frequently in mediæval records. It has reference to a stone bridge over a brook where the gas-works now are. The continuation of this street toward the Cathedral is called St.

Cecil Walter Charles Hallett - Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon: A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric