RIPPLE, a parish in the hundred of CORNILO,
lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county of KENT, 2 miles (S.
W. by W.) from Deal, containing 171 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £5. 19. 4.,
and in the patronage of the Rev. R. Mesham, and C. F.
Palmer, and Thomas Huddleston, Esqrs. The church,
dedicated to St. Mary, is in the early style of English
architecture: near it is a military work, thrown up by-
Caesar in his route from the sea to his principal camp
on Barham Down. There is also, in another part of the
parish, a small oblong intrenchment, enclosing several
small mounds.