'''Ripon and Pately Bridge''' was a [[rural district]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] from the late 1930s to 1974.

It was created in the late 1930s by a [[Local Government Act 1929|County Review Order]], by a merger of the [[Ripon Rural District]] and the [[Pateley Bridge Rural District]].  <ref>Vision of Britain, [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10026441&c_id=10001043 Ripon and Pateley Bridge RD].  Retrieved [[January 30]], [[2006]]</ref>

The district was abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], being merged with other districts to form the [[Harrogate (district)|Harrogate]] district of [[North Yorkshire]].  <ref>HMSO, The English Non-metropolitan Districts Order, S.I. 1972/2039</ref>

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[[Category:Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972]]
[[Category:History of North Yorkshire]]