![]() In 1888, as the population of industrial towns expanded, Wakefield became the cathedral city of a new Diocese of Wakefield which took over the southern part of the huge Diocese of Ripon. In 1836, Ripon became the cathedral city of a huge new diocese taking most western parts of Yorkshire from the Diocese of York. The next to be recognised as cities were Ripon and then Wakefield. ![]() The oldest is York, which has been a city since it was a Roman capital and, for a time, the seat of the Roman Emperor. Ripon was Yorkshire's second city York - a city on Roman foundations
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