{{Short description|Village in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Pipe Ridware | civil_parish = Mavesyn Ridware | country = England | region = West Midlands | coordinates = {{coord|52.7580|-1.8595|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference = | post_town = | postcode_area = | postcode_district = | dial_code = | shire_district = Lichfield | shire_county = Staffordshire | hide_services = | population = | population_ref = | area_total_km2 = | static_image = Was St James Church, Pipe Ridware, now Ridware Theatre - geograph.org.uk - 927207.jpg | static_image_caption = Ridware Theatre | website = }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/PipeRidware|title=Pipe Ridware|publisher=GENUKI|accessdate=30 December 2025}}</ref> St James Church is now a venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saintjamesevents.co.uk/|title=Home|publisher=Saint James Events|accessdate=30 December 2025}}</ref>
== History == The name "Ridware" means 'Dwellers at Rid', 'Rid' probably means 'ford', the "Pipe" part comes from Robert de Pipe who held it in 1285.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Staffordshire/Pipe%20Ridware|title=Pipe Ridware Key to English Place-names|publisher=University of Nottingham|accessdate=30 December 2025}}</ref> Pipe Ridware was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Rid(e)ware''/''Ridvare''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/staffordshire2.html#piperidware|title=Staffordshire D-P|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|accessdate=30 December 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10292074|title=Pipe Ridware Parish (Ch/CP) through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=30 December 2025}}</ref> At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Pipe Ridware had a population of 52.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10292074/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Pipe Ridware Parish (Ch/CP) through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=30 December 2025}}</ref> In 1974 Pipe Ridware became part of Lichfield non-metropolitan district in the non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire.
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Category:Villages in Staffordshire Category:Former civil parishes in Staffordshire Category:Lichfield District