RIBBESFORD, a parish in the lower division of
the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER,
1 mile (S.) from Bewdley, containing, with the
borough of Bewdley, 3798 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester,
rated in the king's books at £27. 19. 2., and in the patronage
of the Rev. Edward Winnington Ingram. The
church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is an ancient and
curious structure, in a retired situation, surrounded
by wooded heights, which environ the windings of the
Severn. Coal exists in the parish, but it is not worked.
A weekly market, and a fair on St. Margaret's day, were
granted by Edward I.