RIPPLE

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
RIPPLE, a parish partly in the lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, but chiefly in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from Upton upon Severn, containing, with the chapelry of Queenhill, and the hamlet of Holdfast, 963 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Incumbent, rated in the king's books at £42. 6. 4., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The river Severn passes through the parish, which abounds with good limestone. A court leet is occasionally held here. A monastery existed at Ripple so early as the year 770, in Bishop Mildred's time, and was granted to the church of Worcester, by Duke Aelfred, about the commencement of the ninth century. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
The township of Ripple was in Oswaldslow Hundred as was the hamlet of Holdfast, which became a separate Civil Parish in 1866. It included in Pershore Hundred the chapel at Queenhill, which became a separate Civil Parish in 1866. The chapel at Queenhill and the hamlet of Holdfast were ecclesiastically severed and united in 1863 as 'Queenhill with Holdfast'.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO876377
On the Gloucestershire border of the county, 3 miles S.E. of Upton-upon-Severn, off the A38.

Ryall hamlet is 2 miles N.W., near Upton; Holly Green, near Upton is 2 mile north; Naunton, 2 miles north; Saxon's Lode, ½ mile north; Uckinghall, or Uckingshaw, is a village, ½ mile west. [57]

Parish Church:
St. Mary

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Peculiar of the incumbent [1] Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester.[25]

Hundred:
Partly in Lower Pershore (until 1866) but chiefly in Lower Oswaldslow (part until 1866, entirely thereafter) [44] [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Severn Stoke; Earls Croome; Hill Croome; Strensham; Twyning(Gloucestershire); Bushley; Queenhill, Upton on Severn; Hanley Castle [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1568-1977	[5]
	Marriages	1568-1977	[5]
	Burials	1568-1978	[5]
	Banns	1754-[97], 1859-1986	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1608 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1568-1875
	Marriages	1568-1885

Census Records:
Access to all the censuses between 1841 and 1901 is now widely available on the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk at most record offices. You are strongly advised to book time on their computers before making a visit.
Many commercial organisations have issued CDs and DVDs covering all the censuses from 1841 to 1901.

Some repositories offer census details on microfiche as listed below:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1646-1860 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Holien Grene: Compotus rolls 1451-7
Ripple: Court books 1808-79, [1574]-[90], 1661-1767, 1789-1888; Court rolls 1571, 1661-4, 1706,1708, 1730; Compotus roll [1464-5] [1524-5]; Copy customs [19th cent.]; Manor books 1781-1860; Rental 1695-1702, 1759-69, 1769-1802; Minute book 1881-1902; Surveys, valuations, manor books, rent rolls etc 17th-19th cents.;
Ryppul: Compotus rolls 1394 and 1457
Rectory of Ripple: Court roll 1789-1888

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
List of church rents c1622
Amounts of money collected by briefs 1703-63
Court book of the Manor of Ripple [1574]-[90], 1661-1728, 1661-1767, with index
Court roll of the manor of the Rectory of Ripple 1789-1888
Confirmation register 1950-76
Churchwardens accounts 1705-1790
Poor accounts & vestry minutes 1767-1812
Poor accounts & vestry minutes 1812-94
Charities, lists of land accts etc 1789-1891
Conveyance orders for vagrants 1724-1859
Declarations of legal settlements bundle "L" 1698-1831
Declarations of legal settlements 1704-1810
Apprentices indentures 1657-1803
Miscellaneous receipted bills for school 1881-1891 Chained bible in Ripple Church

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Ripple C E (Controlled) School
Log books - 1926 - 66 - Ref: BA 5733
Punishment book - 1909 - 55 - Ref: BA 5733

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

Other Sources:
The Bushley, Longdon, Queenhill & Holdfast parochial almanack & year book 1888, 1897, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 (in 10 parts), with Tewkesbury directory for 1910 - Published Tewkesbury : William North Society of Genealogists

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