# Ridlington

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{{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](/source/Church_of_St_Mary_Magdalene_and_St_Andrew%2C_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](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2001)<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](/source/Oakham)
|postcode_district= LE15 
|postcode_area= LE
|dial_code= 01572
|constituency_westminster= [Rutland and Stamford](/source/Rutland_and_Stamford)
|london_distance= {{convert|82|mi}} [SSE](/source/Boxing_the_compass)
|unitary_england= [Rutland](/source/Rutland)
|lieutenancy_england= [Rutland](/source/Rutland)
|shire_county=[Rutland](/source/Rutland)
|website=
}}
'''Ridlington''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in [Rutland](/source/Rutland) in the [East Midlands](/source/East_Midlands) of [England](/source/England). The population of the village was 202 at the time of the 2001 census, including [Ayston](/source/Ayston), [Leighfield](/source/Leighfield) and [Wardley](/source/Wardley%2C_Rutland) 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](/source/Church_of_St_Mary_Magdalene_and_St_Andrew%2C_Ridlington) is the [Church of England parish church](/source/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](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Peterborough) made it over to the Parish Council in 1964 when the school closed.

Ridlington was the home of [Hugh Boyville](/source/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](/source/Harington_baronets) in 1611.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524374#page/n75/mode/2up George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900]</ref>

==References==
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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 }}

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Category:Villages in Rutland
Category:Civil parishes in Rutland

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