Rippingale is a village and
civil parish in the
South Kesteven
South Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne, Grantham, Market Deeping and Stamford, Li ...
district of
Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 929 at the 2011 census. The village is situated on the
A15 road, about north from
Bourne
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.
Rippingale is part of the Ringstone in Aveland group of the
Deanery
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of Beltisloe,
Diocese of Lincoln
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History
The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Leices ...
. The vicar was the Revd Dr Lynda Pugh between 2012 and 2018. The incumbent is the Revd Neil Bullen.
St Andrew's Church
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dates from the fourteenth century, though the tower is later.
The village
public house is The Bull Inn. A
railway station on a line between Bourne and
Sleaford opened in 1871 for goods and closed in 1964; regular passenger services lasted from 1872 to 1930.
Rippingale falls within the drainage area of the Black Sluice
Internal Drainage Board.
South of the village is the site of Ringstone, a
lost village, which dates from before the
Norman conquest and which survived into the 19th century as Ringstone Hall.
Rippingale has a
village design statement produced by a Village Design Statement Committee. The committee was established by parish councillor
Marcus Petz to produce guidance for South Kesteven District Council (SKDC). The statement was adopted in 2002.
Rippingale VDC website
References
External links
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* Rippingale Design Statement
First Series OS map, includes Ringstone
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Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
South Kesteven District
Villages in Lincolnshire