Ribbesford Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.3597°N -2.3273°W
Official Name:Ribbesford
Population:237
Static Image:Ribbesford Church - geograph.org.uk - 1036374.jpg
Static Image Width:180px
Static Image Caption:The Church of St Leonard
Shire District:Wyre Forest
Shire County:Worcestershire
Region:West Midlands
Civil Parish:Ribbesford
Postcode District:DY12
Postcode Area:DY
Post Town:BEWDLEY
Os Grid Reference:SO778735

Ribbesford is a village and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It had a population of 237 in the 2001 census.[1]

Notable features of Ribbesford include the Church of St Leonard, a Grade I listed building[2] and Ribbesford House, a Grade II* listed building.[3]

History

See also: History of Worcestershire.

Ribbesford was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790558 Census 2001
  2. Web site: Historic England Entry for the Church of St Leonard . . 2023 . 7 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Historic England Entry for Ribbesford House . . 2020 . 7 May 2023.
  4. Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.