A carving of a griffon and rabbit, as seen in Ripon Cathedral, where Carroll's father was a canon,
may have provided inspiration for the tale.
On his return to India in June, 1875, Surendra Nath began afresh as a Professor of English, first in the Metropolitan Institution, then in the Free Church
College and later in the. college founded by him and named Ripon College now known as Surendra Nath College.
Leeds does not have a Church of England Cathedral: it is in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds(formerly in the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds), headed by the Bishop of Leeds,
which has cathedrals in Bradford, Ripon and Wakefield although the Bishop's residence has been in Leeds since 2008.