| Pipe Ridware | |
|---|---|
 Ridware Theatre | |
  Pipe Ridware Location within Staffordshire | |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
Pipe Ridware is a village in the civil parish of Mavesyn Ridware, in the Lichfield district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is about 5 miles from Lichfield. It is on the north side of the River Trent.[1] St James Church is now a venue.[2]
History
[edit]The name "Ridware" means 'Dwellers at Rid', 'Rid' probably means 'ford', the "Pipe" part comes from Robert de Pipe who held it in 1285.[3] Pipe Ridware was recorded in the Domesday Book as Rid(e)ware/Ridvare.[4] Pipe Ridware was in North Offlow hundred. In 1894 Pipe Ridware became part of Lichfield Rural District, on 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Mavesyn Ridware.[5] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Pipe Ridware had a population of 52.[6] In 1974 Pipe Ridware became part of Lichfield non-metropolitan district in the non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire.
References
[edit]- ^ "Pipe Ridware". GENUKI. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Home". Saint James Events. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Pipe Ridware Key to English Place-names". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Staffordshire D-P". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Pipe Ridware Parish (Ch/CP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Population statistics Pipe Ridware Parish (Ch/CP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
