Ridgewell

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Ridgewell
Essex
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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.

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