Ribston Pippins

The name given to a fine species of Normandy apple grown at Ribstone, Yorkshire, from pips originally planted on his estate by Sir Henry Goodriche. Richmond. When Edward I. built himself a sumptuous palace on the south bank of the Thames he gave it the name of Sheen , the Saxon for “resplendent.” This being consumed by fire in 1479, Henry VI., rebuilt it, and then called it Richmond, after the beautiful seat in Yorkshire whence he took the title of his earldom. Richmond signifies a rich prospect from the hill occupied by its ancient castle. Riding. A Danish division of the county of Yorkshire corresponding to the Lincoln shire Trithing , of which it is a corruption, signifying a third part.