Ribbesford

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Ribbesford
The Church of St Leonard
Ribbesford is located in Worcestershire
Ribbesford
Ribbesford
Location within Worcestershire
Population237 
OS grid referenceSO778735
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBEWDLEY
Postcode districtDY12
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
  • Wyre Forest
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°21′35″N 2°19′38″W / 52.35966°N 2.327342°W / 52.35966; -2.327342

Ribbesford is a village in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It had a population of 237 in the 2001 census.[1]

Notable features of Ribbesford include the Church of St Leonard, a Grade I listed building[2] and Ribbesford House, a Grade II* listed building.[3]

History

The name Ribbesford derives from the Old English ribbebeddford meaning 'ford by the bed of ribwort or houndstongue'.[4]

Ribbesford was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred.[5]

References

  1. Census 2001
  2. "Historic England Entry for the Church of St Leonard". Historic England. 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  3. "Historic England Entry for Ribbesford House". Historic England. 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  4. "Ribbesford". Key to English Place-Names. The Institute for Name-Studies. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  5. Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
  • Media related to Ribbesford at Wikimedia Commons
  • Ribbesford in the Domesday Book