Ridgewell
| Ridgewell | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 St Laurence's Church | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 52°2’21"N, 0°31’28"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 509 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Halstead |
| Postcode: | CO9 |
| Dialling code: | 01440 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Braintree |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Braintree |
Ridgewell is a village and parish in the Hinckford hundred of Essex, about six miles from Haverhill on the main road between Haverhill and Braintree.
Its population was 503 in the 2001 census (in 216 households) with the mean age being 41.35 years,[2] the population increasing to 509 at the 2011 Census.[1] It was mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Ridgewell has a village shop, primary school and two pubs: the White Horse and the King's Head. St Laurence's Church dates from the 14th century and is a grade I listed building.[3]
During the Second World War it was home to the USAAF 381st Bomb Group (H) and 90 Squadron, RAF who served out of Ridgewell airfield.
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ridgewell) |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127926&c=Ridgewell&d=16&e=62&g=6423066&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1473158747047&enc=1. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Neighbour Statistics". National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/. Retrieved 26 July 2006.
- ↑ "Name: PARISH CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE List entry Number: 1165620". English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1165620. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
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