RIPPINGALE, a parish in the wapentake of AVELAND,
parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 4 miles
(N.) from Bourne, containing 611 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory in three parts, consolidated in 1725,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln; two parts
are rated in the king's books at £14. 7.1., and the third
at £7. 3. 9; it is in the patronage of the Governors of
the Charter-house, London. The church, dedicated to
St. Andrew, is a large structure, partly in the decorated
and partly in the later English style, containing several
fine tombs, the principal of which being in a portion of
the building used as a school, are much mutilated.