In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ripe like this:
RIPE, Rype, or Eckington, a village and a parish in Lewes district, Sussex. The village stands 2 miles N of Berwick r. station, and 7 E by S of Lewes; and has a post-office, of the name of Ripe, under Hurst-Green. The parish comprises 1, 770 acres-Real property, £3,004. Pop., 358. Houses, 65. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £431.* Patron, Exeter College, Oxford. The church, which has been recently restored, is chiefly early English; and has a decorated E window, and a good tower. ' There is a national school.
Ripe through time
Ripe is now part of Wealden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wealden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ripe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ripe, in Wealden and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8906
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
Not where you were looking for?
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Ripe".