Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 "Palmer Arthur, Bull inn"

And in White's Directory 1856 "Hind Robert, machine and drill owner, and vict., Bull"

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Undated postcard.

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 states "The rectory, now valued at £895, was in three medieties, two valued in K.B. at £14. 7s. 1d., and the other at £7. 3s. 9d.

The Rev. William Cooper, M.A., is the incumbent, and has a good residence"

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states "The living is a rectory, net yearly value £550, including 557 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Ancaster J.P. and held since 1885 by the Rev. William Wright Layng M.A., of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, prebendary of Stow-in-Lindsey in Lincoln Cathedral, rural dean of Aveland, and surrogate.

The living, previously in three portions, was consolidated in 1725"

Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 :-

"Public Elementary School (mixed & infants), built in 1856, for 130 children; it has a small endowment of £5 a year; in 1899 new class & cloak rooms & offices were erected; Whalley Robinson, master; Mrs. Edith Williamson, infants' mistress"

Reported by BBC on 6 April 2007 that :-

"Education officials have said a Lincolnshire village school is likely to close because parents have chosen to send their children elsewhere.

The county council said it will be forced to close Rippingale Primary School near Bourne after a consultation period if enrolment remains low.

The authority said parents choosing to send their children to other schools had led to this situation.

There are 120 children living nearby, but only 20 are attending the school"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/6532575.stm 

Rippingale Church of England Primary School closed 31st August 2007.

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Detail of the date stone.

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1872 states "The School is endowed with two yearly rent-charges, viz., £5 left by Sir Richard Brownlow, and £3 left by John Lister, Esq. Both of them are charged on Lord Aveland's estate.

A new School was built in 1856, in the Tudor style, by the late Lord Aveland, at an outlay of £400, and is attended by 80 children of both sexes"

The coat of arms appears to be that of Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland who was a Whig politician.

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County Library sign still in place on the outside of the former school

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Both the chancel (right) and south aisle (left) have windows from the Decorated period with unusually large forms.

October 2017

The view of St Andrew's from the southeast shows the disproportionately large south aisle.

October 2017

The tower of St Andrew's is ashlar faced and built in Perpendicular style (15th century).

October 2017

Around the base of the church tower is a frieze with quatrefoil decoration.

October 2017

The porch with its broad flat arched entrance dates from the fourteenth century (Decorated style).

October 2017

Rippingale's war memorial stands in the churchyard. It is built of Weldon (Northamptonshire) stone and was designed by Wilfred Bond of Grantham.

It was unveiled and dedicated on 30 May 1920 by the Earl of Ancaster.

October 2017

"Cross. C14"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1241286 

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