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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Rippingale

Census

• This parish was part of the Aslackby sub-district of the Bourne Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
  
  
• The church was reportedly founded in 1250. The building itself was certainly in place by the late 14th century.
  
  
• The church was restored previous to 1860.
  
  
• The church seats about 300.
  
  
• An additional burial ground was opened for the church in 1900.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on the Wendy Parkinson web site under her "Still more Lincolnshire churches".
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Andrew's, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican church parish registers exist from 1633, but the Bishop's Transcripts go back to 1562.
  
  
• Rippingale is in the Aveland and Ness Deanery. You may wish to purchase some of the Deanery marriage indexes.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here, erected in 1832. The Primitive methodists built their chapel in 1869. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Aslackby sub-district of the Bourne Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Rippingale is both a town and a parish just over four miles north of Bourne and about a mile east of the A15 trunk road. Dowsby parish lies to the north, Dunsby parish to the south. The South Forty Foot Drain forms the eastern border.

If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  
• Here is a photo of the village sign, taken in 2008 by Patricia McCrory (who retains the copyright):
  
  

• Here is a closeup of the the same sign, taken in 2008 by Patricia McCrory (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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History

• The parish had a station on the Bourne and Sleaford Branch of the Great Northern Railway.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 0927.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name Rippingale is from the Old English Hrepa+inga+halh, for "nook of the family of Hrepa", appearing in 806 as Repingale and also in the 1086 Domesday Book as Repinghale.
  [A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].
  
  

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Politics and Government

• The parish was in the ancient Aveland Wapentake in the South Kesteven district and parts of Kesteven.
  
  
• For today's local governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• In 1900, there was a charity fund of £150, and the interest from this was distributed to the poor of the parish each year.
  
  
• As a result of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Bourne Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A National School was built in 1856 for 130 children.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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