Pipe Ridware

Pipe Ridware
Ridware Theatre
Pipe Ridware Location within Staffordshire
Civil parish	Mavesyn Ridware
District	Lichfield
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°45′29″N1°51′34″W / 52.7580°N 1.8595°W / 52.7580; -1.8595

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. ^[1] St James Church is now a venue. ^[2]

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. ^[3] Pipe Ridware was recorded in the Domesday Book as Rid(e)ware/Ridvare. ^[4] 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. ^[5] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Pipe Ridware had a population of 52. ^[6] In 1974 Pipe Ridware became part of Lichfield non-metropolitan district in the non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire.

References

1. "Pipe Ridware". GENUKI . Retrieved 30 December 2025.
2. "Home". Saint James Events. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
3. "Pipe Ridware Key to English Place-names". University of Nottingham . Retrieved 30 December 2025.
4. "Staffordshire D-P". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
5. "Pipe Ridware Parish (Ch/CP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 30 December 2025.
6. "Population statistics Pipe Ridware Parish (Ch/CP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2025.