Ridlington

{{Short description|Village in Rutland, England}} {{about|the village in Rutland|the village in Norfolk|Ridlington, Norfolk}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country= England |official_name= Ridlington |region= East Midlands |static_image_name= St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew, Ridlington, Rutland by-Tim-Heaton.jpg |static_image_caption= Church of St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew, Ridlington |area_footnotes=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_A&u_id=10079573&c_id=10001043&add=Y |title=A vision of Britain through time |accessdate=19 March 2009 |publisher=University of Portsmouth}}</ref> |area_total_sq_mi= 3.25 |population= 202. |population_ref= 2001 Census<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF |title=Rutland Civil Parish Populations |accessdate=19 March 2009 |publisher=Rutland County Council |year=2001 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012204902/http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF |archivedate=12 October 2007 }}</ref> |population_density={{convert|62|/sqmi|/km2|abbr=on}} |os_grid_reference=SK852027 |coordinates = {{coord|52.616|-0.743|display=inline,title}} |post_town= OAKHAM |postcode_district= LE15 |postcode_area= LE |dial_code= 01572 |constituency_westminster= Rutland and Stamford |london_distance= {{convert|82|mi}} SSE |unitary_england= Rutland |lieutenancy_england= Rutland |shire_county=Rutland |website= }} '''Ridlington''' is a village and civil parish in Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the village was 202 at the time of the 2001 census, including Ayston, Leighfield and Wardley also increasing to 260 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127929&c=Ridlington&d=16&e=62&g=6384719&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466690719203&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=23 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011182012/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127929&c=Ridlington&d=16&e=62&g=6384719&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466690719203&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Redel'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Rutland/Ridlington|title=Key to English Place-names}}</ref>

thumb|left|Main street The Church of St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew is the Church of England parish church. It is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE|num= 1178331}}</ref>

The Village Hall on Main Street was originally the Ridlington Village Primary School, built in 1873. The Diocese of Peterborough made it over to the Parish Council in 1964 when the school closed.

Ridlington was the home of Hugh Boyville, a landowner and Member of Parliament for Rutland in the 15th century. The prominent Harington family had their seat here and one branch were created the Harington Baronets, of Ridlington in 1611.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524374#page/n75/mode/2up George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900]</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category|Ridlington, Rutland}} * [https://www.ridlingtonparishcouncil.org/ Ridlington Parish Council] * [http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?id=40 RutNet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013256/http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?id=40 |date=27 September 2007 }}

Category:Villages in Rutland Category:Civil parishes in Rutland