Special Event Days Ripon Cathedral is a beautiful, ancient church with a history reaching back to the 7th Century. Dancers were drafted into the cause, with a Register reporter in June 1995 describing one woman, teetering on a scrap pile in three-inch-high cork-platform heels, throwing a slab of drywall into a dumpster. . The gardens stand on what was once part of the Forest of Knaresborough, an ancient Royal hunting ground. Business Description. [javascript protected email address]/*