Ridlington

Other current and historical names

Redlictun
Redlinctune

Parish/Community: Ridlington
Unitary Authority: Rutland
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'56"N 0°44'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 485082, 302743
OS Grid: SK850027
Mapcode Local: GBR CS4.Y8Y
Mapcode Global: WHFKV.JJK0

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ridlington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ridlington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ridlington, par. and vil., Rutland, 2½ mUes NW. of Uppingham, 2027 ac., pop. 234.

Ridlington in the Domesday Book

A village in Martinsley hundred, in the county of Rutland.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: KIng William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £40 in 1066
- Households: 170 villagers; 26 smallholders; 2 freemen; 2 priests
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 32 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 2 leagues

British Place Names

Ridlington, Rutland

Ridlington is a village in Rutland

Ridlington in historic gazetteers

Ridlington in the Domesday Book