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Ripple, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Ripple, a village and a parish in Worcestershire. The village stands at the boundary with Gloucestershire, near the river Severn, 3 miles S of Upton-on-Severn, and 4 NNW of Tewkesbury, and has a station on the Tewkesbury and Malvern branch of the M.R., and a post office under Tewkesbury; money order office, Upton-on-Severn; telegraph office at the railway station. The parish contains also the village of Uckinghall, and the hamlets of Holly Green, Naunton, and Ryall. Acreage, 2462; population, 726. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. Roman remains have been found at Bow Farm, and there are traces of a paved road from Bow Bridge to Tewkesbury. In the village are the ancient stocks and whipping post, and the base and shaft of a cross. There are similar fragments of crosses in the churchyard and at Uckinghall. There are four alms-houses. Market gardening is largely carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £712 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is an ancient cruciform edifice, chiefly Early English, with some traces of Norman work. It contains two ranges of Perpendicular stalls with interesting subselliae.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyWorcestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishRipple St. Mary 
HundredPershore 
Poor Law unionUpton 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ripple from the following:


Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.


Maps

Online maps of Ripple are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictMalvern Hills
CountyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtGL20
Post TownTewkesbury

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