| Ripple | |
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 Ripple Cross and Stocks | |
  Ripple Location withinWorcestershire | |
| Population | 1,779 |
| OS grid reference | SO874377 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TEWKESBURY |
| Postcode district | GL20 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Ripple is a village andcivil parish in the county ofWorcestershire, England. Ripple is one of the most southerly parishes in the county and is situated on theA38 road with theRiver Severn as its western boundary. Besides Ripple, the parish contains the settlements of Holly Green, The Grove,Naunton,Ryall,Saxon's Lode, and Uckinghall. It had a combined population of 1,799 at the 2011 census.[1]
The name Ripple derives from theOld Englishripel meaning 'a strip of land'.[2]
Ripple is mentioned in passing in theDomesday Book of 1086, under the entry ofUpton upon Severn, as being "also held by the Bishop of Worcester".[3] During theEnglish Civil War Ripple was the site of a Royalist victory, theBattle of Ripple Field, on 13 April 1643. After an initial Parliamentarian attack by cavalry which was repulsed, the Parliamentarians retreated back into the village of Ripple. After a brief stand, they were eventually routed by the royalist cavalry of Prince Maurice (Maurice of the Palatinate).[4]
St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed building with "exceptional" 15th-century stalls with 16 carvedmisericords.[5]
At Saxon's Lode, a hamlet approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Ripple village, there is archaeological evidence of human activity dating back to theBronze Age, including aRomano-British farmstead and anAnglo-Saxon settlement. The Anglo-Saxon settlement is significant for being the most westerly of its type yet discovered in Great Britain.[6]
Ripple railway station was on theTewkesbury and Malvern Railway on theMidland Railway (laterLMS) branch line fromAshchurch toGreat Malvern, which ran viaTewkesbury, Ripple,Upton-upon-Severn andMalvern Wells. This was opened from Ashchurch as far as Tewkesbury on 21 July 1840 and extended to Malvern on 16 May 1864. It was closed beyondUpton-on-Severn railway station on 1 December 1952 and the rest (including Ripple) on 14 August 1961. Ripple station still stands, attractively restored, and is now a private house.
Ripple is part of theWest Worcestershire constituency of theParliament of the United Kingdom. It forms part of the Coomeward of Worcestershire County Council, which elects one councillor.[7] It is part of the Upton and Rippleward ofMalvern Hills District Council, and elects two members to the council; the ward consists of the parishes of Upton upon Severn, Ripple,Earls Croome andHill Croome.[8]
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