Ridgewell

Village in Essex, England

Human settlement in England

Ridgewell

District

Braintree

Shire county

Essex

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townHALSTEADPostcode districtCO9Dialling code01440PoliceEssexFire 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,^[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]

The church has a ring of 6 bells. https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?tower=16172^[4]

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

^ ^a ^b "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.