Rippingale
- 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:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2095 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2316 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3313 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2556 |
- There was a stone church here at the Domesday Survey of 1086, but all traces of it have disappeared.
- 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 in 1854.
- The church is Grade I listed with British Heritage.
- The church seats 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):
- 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 1855 and replaced it in 1869. The Primitive Methodist chapel is not mentioned in 1913.
- For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- 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.
Rippingale is both a village and a parish about 100 miles north of London, 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. The parish covers about 3,540 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- Here is a closeup of the the same sign, taken in 2008 by Patricia McCrory (who retains the copyright):
- Rippingale is first mentioned in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicles" in the year 675.
- Hereward the Wake once rented land at Rippingale.
- The parish had a station on the Bourne and Sleaford Branch of the Great Northern Railway.
- Check out the Rippingale Newsletters which are online.
- The Bull Inn has long served as the place to catch up on local news and happenings. Here are the names associated with the Inn in various directories:
| Year |
Person |
| 1842 |
Jane BURBER, vict. |
| 1872 |
Robert HIND, vict. |
| 1882 |
George MARSH, vict. |
| 1900 |
Frederick William JAMES |
| 1913 |
Samuel John ROBERTS |
| 1930 |
Stephen P. WHITNEY |
- Peter CHURCH has a photograph of the Bull Inn, Rippingale on Ge-org, taken in 2009.
- The Mason's Arms was located here. Here are the names associated with the Inn in various directories:
| Year |
Person |
| 1842 |
Daniel SANDALL, vict. |
| 1872 |
-- not listed -- |
- The Union Inn was also located here. Here are the names associated with the Inn in various directories:
| Year |
Person |
| 1842 |
John SIMPSON, vict. |
| 1872 |
-- not listed -- |
- Ringstone was the Manor House and seat of the BROWNLOW family.
- Ringstone was the Manor House and seat of the BROWNLOW family.
- 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.
There is a photograph of the War Memorial on the edge of the churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in 2010.
This limestone plinth on the High Street, erected circa 1918, is a Grade II listed structure with British Heritage.
For a list of the names on the monument, see Michael PECK's War Memorial roll.
- 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].
- The name is often misspelled as "Rippingdale" in old records. Even the FreeCen site lists it with the "-dale" ending.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Aveland Wapentake in the South Kesteven district and parts of Kesteven.
- The local Parish Council meets in the Village Hall on the second Thursday of each month.
- For today's district governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
- Sir Richard BROWNLOW left a yearly rent charge of 20s to the poor of the parish each year.
- 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.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
488 |
| 1811 |
509 |
| 1831 |
658 |
| 1841 |
694 |
| 1871 |
590 |
| 1881 |
551 |
| 1891 |
543 |
| 1901 |
473 |
| 1911 |
469 |
- A National School was built in 1856 for 130 children. The school was enlarged in 1894
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 25-November-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
