Ridding, Essex
Historical Description
Ridding, a village and a parish in Essex, near the river Stort, 2¼ miles SW of Newport station on the G.E.R., and 6 N by E of Bishop Stortford. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Quendon. Acreage of parish, 1392; population, 375. There is a parish council of five members. Rickling Hall is an ancient mansion, formerly moated, and a country seat of some importance, but how a farmhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St Albans; gross value, £274 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St Albans. The church is an ancient building of flint in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, S porch, and an embattled western tower. It has some ancient tombs, a carved oak pulpit of the 14th century, an oak chancel-screen of the 12th century, and an ancient font. There are a parish room and a coffee and reading room.
Civil Registration
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Land and Property
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Newspapers and Periodicals
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