Ripple, Worcestershire
Ripple | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | TEWKESBURY | |
Postcode district | GL20 | |
Police | West Mercia | |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester | |
Ambulance | West Midlands | |
West Worcestershire | ||
Ripple is a village and
History
Ripple is mentioned in passing in the
St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed building with "exceptional" 15th-century stalls with 16 carved misericords.[4]
Saxon's Lode
At Saxon's Lode, a hamlet approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Ripple village, there is archaeological evidence of human activity dating back to the Bronze Age, including a Romano-British farmstead and an Anglo-Saxon settlement. The Anglo-Saxon settlement is significant for being the most westerly of its type yet discovered in Great Britain.[5]
Railways
Ripple railway station was on the Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway on the Midland Railway (later LMS) branch line from Ashchurch to Great Malvern, which ran via Tewkesbury, Ripple, Upton-upon-Severn and Malvern Wells. This was opened from Ashchurch as far as Tewkesbury on 21 July 1840 and extended to Malvern on 16 May 1864. It was closed beyond Upton-on-Severn railway station on 1 December 1952 and the rest (including Ripple) on 14 August 1961. Ripple station still stands, attractively restored, and is now a private house.
Governance
Ripple is part of the
See also
- Lordship of Saxons Lode
References
- ^ 2011 UK Census
- ^ "The Domesday Book Online - Worcestershire S-Z".
- ^ J W Willis Bund, Civil War in Worcestershire Ch 2
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary, Ripple (Grade I) (1349090)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ Barber, Alistair; Watts, Martin (2008). "Excavations at Saxon's Lode Farm, Ryall Quarry, Ripple, 2001 2: Iron Age, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon rural settlement in the Severn Valley" (PDF). Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society. 3 (21).
- ^ "Worcestershire County Council". gis.worcestershire.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Malvern Hills District Council. Retrieved 30 June 2016
External links
Media related to Ripple, Worcestershire at Wikimedia Commons