Rippingale is a village and

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in the

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, England. The population of the civil parish was 929 at the 2011 census. The village is situated on the

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, about north from Bourne. Rippingale is part of the Ringstone in Aveland group of the

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of Beltisloe,

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. The vicar was the Revd Dr Lynda Pugh between 2012 and 2018. The incumbent is the Revd Neil Bullen. St Andrew's Church dates from the fourteenth century, though the tower is later. The village

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is The Bull Inn. A

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on a line between Bourne and

Sleaford Sleaford is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. On the edge of the The Fens, Fenlands, it is north-east of Grantham, west of Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston, and sou ...

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

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. South of the village is the site of Ringstone, a lost village, which dates from before the

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and which survived into the 19th century as Ringstone Hall. Rippingale Lincolnshire UK parish map

Rippingale has a

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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

Notable structures

One street is called Station Street, but was originally called Water Lane. It has the oldest extant structures of the village on it. This includes a 13th-century pinfold. Rippingale_Pinfold_-_geograph

References

External links

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Rippingale Village Design Statement with imagesFirst Series OS map, includes Ringstone
{{authority control Civil parishes in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District Villages in Lincolnshire