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Village in Essex, England

For other uses, see Ridgewell (disambiguation). Human settlement in England

Ridgewell
St. Laurence's Church
RidgewellLocation within Essex
Population	503 (2001) 509 (2011)
OS grid reference	TL732408
Civil parish	Ridgewell
District	Braintree
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HALSTEAD
Postcode district	CO9
Dialling code	01440

Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England

UK Parliament	Braintree constituency
List of places UK England Essex 52°02′21″N 0°31′28″E / 52.0391°N 0.5244°E / 52.0391; 0.5244

Ridgewell is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England, about six miles from Haverhill on the main road between Haverhill and Braintree.

Its population was 503 in 216 households in the 2001 census, with mean age 41.35 years, the population increasing to 509 at the 2011 Census. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Ridgewell has a village shop, primary school and one pub, named 'The White Horse'. St Laurence's Church dates from the 14th century and is a grade I listed building.

The church has a ring of 6 bells. https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?tower=16172

RAF Ridgewell was the base for the USAAF 381st Bomb Group (H) and No. 90 Squadron RAF, part of No. 3 (Bomber) Group, during the Second World War.

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
"Neighbour Statistics". National Statistics. Retrieved 26 July 2006.
Historic England. "PARISH CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE (1165620)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
"Tower details". dove.cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

External links

Media related to Ridgewell at Wikimedia Commons

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