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Other current and historical names

Rype
Ripe Rype
Eckington

Built-Up Area: Ripe
Parish/Community: Chalvington with Ripe
District/Borough: Wealden
County: East Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°52'13"N 0°8'43"E
Eastings/Northings: 551050, 110067
OS Grid: TQ510100
Mapcode Local: GBR LRL.7LF
Mapcode Global: FRA C66S.SJ1

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

Ripe in historic gazetteers

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

Ripe, par. and vil., Sussex, 7 miles E. of Lewes; 1900 ac., pop. 385; P.O.

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

Rype, par., Sussex. See RIPE.

Ripe in the Domesday Book

A village in Edivestone hundred, in the county of Sussex.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 22 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Other resources: 8 salthouses
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Eu
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 cottager
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 3 swine render
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reinbert the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1070; 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

British Place Names

Ripe, East Sussex

Ripe is a village in East Sussex

Ripe in historic gazetteers

Ripe in the Domesday Book