Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RIPPINGALE

RIPPINGALE, a village and a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln. The village stands near the Bourn and Lincoln railway, 5 miles N of Bourn; and has a post-office under Bourn. The parish comprises 2, 740 acres. Real property, £5, 993. Pop. in 1851, 661; in 1861, 569. Houses, 134. The manor and most of the land belong to Lord Aveland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £895.* Patron, Lord Aveland. The church is old but good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a parochial school, and charities £9.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rippingale Parish       Bourne Poor Law Union/Registration District       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Rippingale

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