| Official Name: | Rudge |
| Civil Parish: | Rudge |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Coordinates: | 52.5732°N -2.2806°W |
| Hide Services: | Yes |
| Population: | 98 |
| Population Ref: | (2001 census) |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.247 |
| Static Image: | Cottages at Rudge, Shropshire - geograph.org.uk - 393462.jpg |
| Website: | https://www.worfieldparish.co.uk/ |
Rudge is a settlement and civil parish about 6 miles east of Bridgnorth, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 98.[1] The parish touches those of Claverley and Worfield within Shropshire and Pattingham and Patshull and Trysull and Seisdon in Staffordshire.[2] Rudge shares a parish council with Worfield.[3]
There are 4 listed buildings in Rudge.[4] Rudge Hall, with a medieval core, was a seat of the Talbot and Wright-Boycott families. The estate was purchased in 1921 by William Wilson, a Wolverhampton brewer, and reconstructed with an elegant neo-Queen Anne facade in the 1930s to the designs of James A. Swann, in brick with stone dressings, sash windows and a loggia.[5] [6] An 18th-century cattle pound is nearby.
The name "Rudge" means 'ridge'.[7]
Rudge was recorded in the Domesday Book as Rigge.[8] Rudge was formerly a township in the parish of Pattingham[9] until in 1866 Rudge became a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 1967 17 acres was transferred to Claverley parish.[10]