Rippingale

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title: "Rippingale" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "south-kesteven-district", "villages-in-lincolnshire"] description: "Village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rippingale" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
static_image_name	St.Andrew's church, Rippingale, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 90697.jpg
static_image_caption	St Andrew's Church, Rippingale
country	England
official_name	Rippingale
coordinates
population	929
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	South Kesteven
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Grantham and Bourne
post_town	Bourne
postcode_district	PE10
postcode_area	PE
os_grid_reference	TF098278
london_distance_mi	90
london_direction	S
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| static_image_name = St.Andrew's church, Rippingale, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 90697.jpg | static_image_alt = | static_image_caption = St Andrew's Church, Rippingale | country = England | official_name = Rippingale | map_alt = | coordinates = | population = 929 | population_ref = (2011) | shire_district = South Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Grantham and Bourne | post_town = Bourne | postcode_district = PE10 | postcode_area = PE | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = TF098278 | london_distance_mi = 90 | london_direction = S Rippingale is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven 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 5 mi north from Bourne.

Rippingale is part of the Ringstone in Aveland group of the Deanery of Beltisloe, Diocese of Lincoln. 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.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/The_Bull,Rippingale-geograph.org.uk-_1317285.jpg" caption="The Bull public house, Rippingale"] ::

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.{{cite web|title=Black Sluice IDB |url=https://www.blacksluiceidb.gov.uk/}}

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.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Rippingale_Lincolnshire_UK_parish_map.svg" caption="Parish boundary within Lincolnshire"] ::

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.

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. [[File:Rippingale_Pinfold_-geograph.org.uk-_364895.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The Pinfold, Rippingale]]

References

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
2. "Parish Council".
3. "Parish details from the Lincoln Diocese web site".
4. {{PastScape
5. See the [http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/rippingale.html page on the Bourne, Lincolnshire]{{dead link. (April 2018)
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7. [http://www.rippingalevdc.org.uk/DesignStatement.htm Rippingale Village Design Statement] {{webarchive. link. (14 March 2012)
8. [http://www.rippingalevdc.org.uk Rippingale VDC website] {{webarchive. link. (14 March 2012)

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