Ripon Rippon Rippin family | Hickling Local History Group

Please note: Family pages are organised by surname; however, this does not mean that all those people featured are related to each other. Where possible we will try to be clear about any connections there may be.

Please contact us if you can help
us with this page!

Richard and Mary (Rippon) Brooks – DNA: the path to George Warren.

Census 1881: the family of Richard and Mary (Rippin) Brooks

Can you Help?

The family of Richard Brooks (Census 1881) are looking for information about him and his Hickling family, including his wife, Mary (Rippon) Brooks – if you can help, please contact us.

(More detail: click on the link)

In the Hickling St. Luke’s Parish Registers (to 1905):

Baptisms:

Alice – father William RIPON – mother Maria – 1854 05 07 – father Labourer
George – father Samuel RIPON – mother Mary – 1832 09 16 – father Labourer
Mary – father John RIPON – mother Ann – 1856 11 22 – father Labourer
Mary – father Samuel RIPON – mother Mary – 1834 06 15 – father Labourer
Stephen – father John RIPON – mother Anne – 1855 01 16 – father Labourer
Amy – father John RIPPEN – mother Anne – 1863 11 25 – father Labourer
Arthur – father Thomas RIPPEN – mother Elizabeth – 1871 07 06 – father Labourer
Joseph – father William RIPPEN – mother Mary Anne – 1877 12 16 – father Labourer
Maria Bertha – mother Alice RIPPEN – 1873 10 04
William – father William RIPPEN – mother Maria – 1865 01 31 – father Labourer
Ann – father William RIPPIN – mother Maria – 1857 01 18 – father Labourer
Elizabeth – father John RIPPIN – mother Ann – 1858 05 15 – father Labourer
Elizabeth – father John RIPPIN – mother Anne – 1860 06 22 – father Labourer
Elizabeth – father Samuel RIPPIN – mother Mary – 1826 06 11 – father Labourer
Elizabeth – father William – RIPPIN – mother Maria – 1859 04 23 – father Labourer
Elizabeth – William RIPPIN – mother Maria – 1863 05 17 – father Labourer
John Henry – father William Fielding RIPPIN – mother Mary Anne – 1870 08 21 – father Labourer
Mary – father Thomas RIPPIN – mother Alice – 1843 10 01 – father Labourer
Samuel – father Samuel RIPPIN – mother Mary – 1829 07 12 – father Labourer
Samuel – father William RIPPIN – mother Maria – 1863 05 17 – father Labourer
Sarah Ann – father John RIPPIN – mother Ann – 1851 06 22 – father Labourer
William – father Samuel RIPPIN – mother Mary – 1831 02 06 – father Labourer
Anne – father William RIPPING – mother Maria – 1858 03 25 – father Labourer
William – father William Fielding RIPPING – mother Mary Anne – 1875 06 20 – father Labourer
Alice – father Samuel RIPPON – mother Mary – 1836 04 10 – father Labourer
Arthur – father William RIPPON – mother Mary Ann – 1886 04 15 – father Labourer
Bertha – father William RIPPON – mother Maria – 1866 12 03 – father Labourer
Eliza Jane – father William Fielden RIPPON – mother Mary Anne – 1866 12 23 – father Labourer
Eliza – mother Anne RIPPON – 1844 09 13 – Single woman
Joseph – father John RIPPON – mother Ann – 1849 06 17 – father Labourer
Joseph – father Samuel RIPPON – mother Mary – 1837 11 26 – father Labourer
Joseph – father William RIPPON – mother Maria – 1853 04 05 – father Labourer
Maud Annie – father William Fielding RIPPON – mother Mary Anne – 1883 11 04 – father Labourer
Phoebe – father William RIPPON – mother Maria – 1856 02 29 – father Labourer
Thomas – father Samuel RIPPON – mother Mary – 1839 11 03 – father Labourer
Walter – father William Fielding RIPPON – mother Mary Anne – 1880 05 16 – father Labourer
Eliza – mother Anne RIPPON – 1844 09 13 – Single woman

Marriages:

RIPPIN Joseph to MANN Mary – 1876 05 22
RIPPON William Felding to STARBUCK Mary Ann – 1866 09 26
BROOKS Richard to RIPPEN Mary – 1878 10 26
FANCEY Crispin Blackburn to RIPPIN Eliza Jane – 1888 12 25
MARSON John to RIPPON Mary – 1865 11 21

Burials:

William RIPPEN – 1865 02 08 – age 2w
Arthur RIPPEN – 1871 07 15 – age 6w
Elizabeth RIPPEN – 1875 02 16 – age 30 – abode Derby
Maria RIPPEN – 1880 04 27 – age 53 – insanity. Died at Nottingham
Ann RIPPIN – 1857 01 28 – age inf
Elizabeth RIPPIN – 1858 10 14 – age 6m
Elizabeth RIPPIN – 1860 07 09 – age 6w
Maria RIPPIN – 1898 02 19 – age 74
Joseph RIPPON – 1853 04 17 – age Inf
Phobe RIPPON – 1856 03 04 – age Inf
Anne RIPPON – 1858 04 10 – age 4w
Bertha RIPPON – 1867 11 02 – age 1
Arthur RIPPON – 1886 04 20 – age 12d

In the Churchyard:

Joseph Rippon and his two wives – the only surviving Rippon graves in Hickling churchyard (both by the hedge, by the gates):

In loving memory of Mary the beloved wife of Joseph Rippon who died May 7^th 1906, aged 58 years “Behold he taketh away, who can hinder Him, who will say unto Him what doest Thou”
In loving memory of Joseph beloved husband of Alice Rippon who died Nov 11^th 1924 aged 75 years. Simply trusting the Lord Jesus. Also Alice Mary wife of the above who died March 12^th 1927 aged 63 years.

Joseph appears to have married twice; firstly to Mary (Mann) who died in 1906 and then Alice (Spencer) whom he pre-deceased in 1924. There don’t appear to be any children from either marriage. Census records show links between the Rippon & Spencer families.

W0603 Bridge looking towards the Church (c.1905); it is thought that the gentleman pictured leaning against the fence is Mr Joseph Ripon who lived at Greengates opposite the Church.

Census Records:

Census 1841

(Hickling) Household 1:

Location – unclear but the entry is on the last page of the Hickling return
Samuel Rippin – Male – 45 – 1796 – ag lab – in county
Mary Rippin – Female – 45 – 1796 – in county
Ann Rippin – Female – 15 – 1826 – in county
Sarah Rippin – Female – 14 – 1827 – in county
William Rippin – Male – 10 – 1831 – in county
Mary – Rippin – Female – 8 – 1833 – in county
George – Rippin – Male – 8 – 1833 – in county
Alice Rippin – Female – 6 – 1835 – in county
Joseph Rippin – Male – 3 – 1838 – in county
Thomas Rippin – Male – 2 – 1839 – in county

(Kinoulton) Household 1:

Joseph Spencer – Male – 30 – 1811 – tailor – in county
Amy Spencer – Female – 30 – 1811 – in county
John Spencer – Male – 7 – 1834 – in county
William Spencer – Male – 3 – 1838 – in county
Rebecca Spencer – Female – 1 – 1840 – in county
Joseph Spencer – Male – 20 – 1821 – in county
David Austin – Male – 15 – 1826 – in county
George Buxton – Male – 25 – 1816 – blacksmith – in county
Jane Buxton – Female – 20 – 1821 – in county
Robert Buxton – Male – 1 – 1840 – in county
John Rippin – Male – 30 – 1811 – ag lab – in county

(Kinoulton) Household 2:

John Rippin – Male – 55 – 1786 – county unclear
Mary Rippin – Female – 55 – 1786 – county unclear
Robert Rippin – Male – 30 – 1811 – county unclear
William Rippin – Male – 20 – 1821 – in county
Elizabeth Rippin – Female – 15 – 1826 – in county
Jane Rippin – Female – 7 – 1834 – in county

Census 1851

(Hickling) Household 1:

John Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 42 – 1809 – Labourer – Barsby, Leics
Ann Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 30 – 1821 – [Hickling – looks like a mis-transcription, could read ‘Mapperley’] Nottingham
Joseph Rippin – Son – Male – 2 – 1849 – Hickling

(Hickling) Household 2:

Samuel Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 55 – 1796 – Labourer – Clawson, Leics
Mary Ann Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 54 – 1797 – Laceworker – Nottingham
Ann Rippin – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 27 – 1824 – Laceworker – Kinoulton
Sarah Rippin – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 23 – 1828 – Laceworker – Hickling
William Rippin – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 20 – 1831 – Farm labourer – Hickling
Mary Rippin – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 17 – 1834 – Hickling
Thomas Rippin – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 11 – 1840 – Farm servant – Hickling
Eliza Rippin – Daughter – Female – 6 – 1845 – Scholar – Hickling

(Kinoulton) Household 1:

John Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 67 – 1784 – Labourer on roads – Thorpe Sachville, Leics
Mary Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 68 – 1783 – Little Dalby, Leics
William Rippin – Son – Unmarried – Male – 32 – 1819 – Labourer in stone quarries – Kinoulton
Elizabeth Rippin – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 28 – 1823 – Kinoulton

(Kinoulton) Household 2:

Robert Rippon – Head – Married – Male – 41 – 1810 – Ag lab – Barsby, Leics
Mary Rippon – Wife – Married – Female – 34 – 1817 – Leics
William Rippon – Son – Male – 9 – 1842 – Broughton

(Kinoulton) Household 3:

Thomas Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 36 – 1815 – Labourer in brickyard – Kinoulton
Alice Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 32 – 1819 – Cropwell Butler
Mary Rippin – Daughter – Female – 7 – 1844 – Hickling
Amy Rippin – Daughter – Female – 5 – 1846 – Kinoulton
John Rippin – Son – Male – 3 – 1848 – Kinoulton
Catherine Rippin – Daughter – Female – 1 – 1850 – Kinoulton

(Kinoulton) Household 4:

In the Sharp household (farmer):
George Rippin – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 16 – 1835 – Farm lab – Hickling

Census 1861

(Hickling village):

Household (1)

The previous record page includes entries that can be confirmed as located around the canal (including the Plough & the Wharf); however, the order isn’t specific enough to be exact.
John Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 51 – 1810 – Agricultural labourer – Barsby, Leics
Ann Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 40 – 1821 – Nottingham
Joseph Rippin – Son – Male – 11 – 1850 – Scholar – Hickling
Sarah Ann Rippin – Daughter – Female – 9 – 1852 – Scholar – Hickling
Stephen Rippin – Son – Male – 6 – 1855 – Scholar – Hickling
Mary Rippin – Daughter – Female – 4 – 1857 – Hickling

Household (2):

(no clear village location – possibly around Waterland Farm)
Samuel Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 65 – 1796 – Agricultural labourer – Kinoulton
Mary Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 65 – 1796 – Kinoulton
Ann Rippin – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 34 – 1827 – Tambourer – Kinoulton
Sarah Rippin – Daughter – Female – 28 – 1833 – Tambourer – Kinoulton

Household (3):

(this family is listed on the previous page to Mary (Rippin) Brook’s family and in the midst of the known canal households)
William Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 30 – 1831 – Agricultural labourer – Hickling
Maria Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 32 – 1829 – Old Dalby, Leics
Alice Rippin – Daughter – Female – 7 – 1854 – Tambourer – Hickling
Elizabeth Rippin – Daughter – Female – 2 – 1859 – Hickling

Household (4):

Hickling Lodge, Hickling Pastures

This is a more prosperous sounding address but it may be that the Lodge family were away from home at the time of the census; they live outside the village up on the main Melton rd and have a servant living in (further checks of census 1851/71 may confirm this). Robert Rippin is still listed as an ag lab and his birthplace is the same as Mary’s father, John Rippin.
Robert Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 49 – 1812 – Labourer – Barsby, Leics
Mary Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 44 – 1817 – Barrow, Leics
William Rippin – Son – Unmarried – Male – 17 – 1844 – Servant – Broughton, Notts
John Clark – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 29 – 1832 – Carter – Hickling

(Kinoulton) Household 1:

Thomas Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 45 – 1816 – Agricultural labourer – Barsby, Leics
Alice Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 42 – 1819 – Cropwell Butler, Notts
John Rippin – Son – Male – 13 – 1848 – Kinoulton
Catherine Rippin – Daughter – Female – 11 – 1850 – Kinoulton, Notts
Thomas Rippin – Son – Male – 9 – 1852 -Kinoulton
Joseph Rippin – Son – Male – 6 – 1855 – Kinoulton

(Kinoulton) Household 2:

John Rippin – Head – Widr – Male – 76 – 1785 – Labourer – Thorpe Satchville, Leics
William Rippin – Son – Married – Male – 42 – 1819 – Labourer – Kinoulton

Census 1871:

Household (1)

Listed next to Waterlane Farm but the following records are for Shipman’s Yard (unknown at present) and the Green which is further up the village – location unclear.
John Rippin – Head – Male – 63 – 1808 – Notts
Ann Rippin – Wife – Female – 52 – 1819 – Notts
Mary Rippin – Daughter – Female – 14 – 1857 – Notts
Amy Rippin – Daughter – Female – 7 – 1864 – Notts

Household (2)

Listed at Frecks Yard, Hickling (unknown)
William Rippin – Head – Male – 29 – 1842 – ag lab – Broughton, Nottinghamshire
Mary Ann Rippin – Wife – Female – 24 – 1847 – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
Liza Jane Rippin – Daughter – Female – 4 – 1867 – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
Robert Rippin – Son – Male – 2 – 1869 – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
John Henery Rippin – Son – Male – 1 – 1870 – Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Household (3)

The census form places this family on Smithfield Lane, now known as Bridegate Lane.
William Rippin – Head – Male – 40 – 1831 – Notts
Maria Rippin – Wife – Female – 42 – 1829 – Leics
Elizabeth Rippin – Daughter – Female – 11 – 1860 – Notts
Samuel Rippin – Son – Male – 8 – 1863 – Notts

Household (4)

Address; Street, Lodge Farm – unknown but could be Hickling Pastures rather than the village – no obvious geographical order to entries.
Thomas Rippin – Head – Male – 26 – 1845 – Ag lab – Notts
Elizabeth Rippin – Wife – Female – 31 – 1840 – Leics
John Rippin – Son – Male – 7 – 1864 – Notts
James Rippin – Son – Male – 4 – 1867 – Notts
Mary Rippin – Daughter – Female – 3 – 1868 – Notts
Henery Rippin – Son – Male – 1 – 1870 – Notts

Household (5)

Long Lane, Hickling
John Faulkes – Head – Male – 54 – 1817 – ag lab – Hickling
Ann Faulkes – Wife – Female – 48 – 1823 – Kinoulton
Sarah Rippin – Sister-in-law – Female – 44 – 1827 – tambourer – Hickling

(Kinoulton) Household 1:

John Rippin – Head – Widr – Male – 76 – 1785 – Labourer – Thorpe Satchville, Leics
William Rippin – Son – Married – Male – 42 – 1819 – Labourer – Kinoulton

(Kinoulton) Household 2:

Thomas Rippin – Head – Male – 55 – 1816 – Leics
Alice – Rippin – Wife – Female – 53 – 1818 – Notts

(Kinoulton) Household 3:

William Rippin – Head – Male – 52 – 1819 – Kinoulton, Notts
Sarah Rippin – Wife – Female – 51 – 1820 – bonnet maker – Car Colston Notts

Census 1881 (Hickling):

Household (1)

Location – (Mary parents) entries in a cluster with Brooks and Spencer, probably close to the canal.
John Rippen – Head – Married – Male – 73 – 1808 – Labour – Kinoulton
Ann Rippen – Wife – Married – Female – 62 – 1819 – Nottingham

Household (3)

Location – nothing helpful on the form
William Rippin – Head – Widower – Male – 50 – 1831 – Hawker – Hickling,
Elizabeth Rippin – Daughter – Single – Female – 21 – 1860 – Housekeeper – Hickling,

Household (4)

Location – nothing helpful on the form
William Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 39 – 1842 – Labourer – Upper Broughton
Mary A Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 34 – 1847 – Hickling
Robert Rippin – Son – Single – Male – 13 – 1868 – Scholar – Hickling
John Rippin – Son – Single – Male – 11 – 1870 – Scholar – Hickling
William Rippin – Son – Single – Male – 6 – 1875 – Scholar – Hickling
Joseph Rippin – Son – Single – Male – 3 – 1878 – Hickling
Walter Rippin – Son – Single – Male – 1 – 1880 – Hickling

Household (5)

Location – nothing helpful on the form
Note: Joseph is likely to be Mary’s brother – headstone survives in Hickling churchyard
Joseph Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 31 – 1850 – Farm labourer – Hickling
Mary Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 34 – 1847 – Hickling

Household (6)

Location – estimated close to the canal; entry follows John & Ann Rippin.
(note; Joseph Rippin married into the Spencer family – second marriage – possible link?)
(widow of?) Mr W Spencer – Head – Female – 65 – 1816 – Grazier 25 acres – Hickling
Joseph Spencer – Son in law – Single – Male – 36 – 1845 – Boat proprietor – Hickling
Jane Rippen – Servant – Single – Female – 16 – 1865 – General servant – Hickling

Household – at The Manor

Hannah Marshall widowed (age 67) – landowner
Joseph and Hannah remain in the household
Also servants: Elizabeth Smith (age 20, cook, born Kinoulton) and Samuel Rippin (age 19, groom, born Hickling).

(Kinoulton) Household 1:

Joseph Rippon – Head – Married – Male – 26 – 1855 – Sawyer – Kinoulton
Emma Rippon – Wife – Married – Female – 28 – 1853 – Greetham, Rutland
Alice E Rippon – Daughter – Single – Female – 1 – 1880 – Kinoulton

(Kinoulton) Household 2:

Thomas Rippon – Head – Widower – Male – 65 – 1816 – Ag lab – Barsby, Leics
Catherine Rippon – Daughter – Single – Female – 31 – 1850 – Dressmaker – Kinoulton

(Kinoulton) Household 3:

William Rippon – Head – Married – Male – 62 – 1819 – Ag lab – Kinoulton
Sarah Rippon – Wife – Married – Female – 61 – 1820 – Car Colston, Notts

Census 1891 (Hickling Village)

Household (1)

Location – nothing helpful on the form
Joseph Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 41 – 1850 – Grazier – Hickling
Mary Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 43 – 1848 – Hickling
Arthur Shelton – Nephew – Single – Male – 8 – 1883 – Scholar – Riseholme, Notts

Household (3)

William Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 49 – 1842 – Farm labourer – Nottinghamshire
Mary A Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 45 – 1846 – Hickling
Joseph Rippin – Son – Single – Male – 13 – 1878 – Farm servant – Hickling
Walter Rippin – Son – Single – Male – 10 – 1881 – Scholar – Hickling
Maud Ann Rippin – Daughter – Single – Female – 7 – 1884 – Scholar – Hickling

Household (4)

Location – Smithfield Lane (now Bridegate Lane, village end)
William Rippin – Head – Married – Male – 60 – 1831 – Hawker – Hickling
Maria Rippin – Wife – Married – Female – 67 – 1824 – Nottingham

Household (5)

Location – possibly close to the Village Hall; both Harriman the grocer and a blacksmith are on the same page as this entry. Mann & Shelton families both connected to the Rippins?
Mary Mann – Head – Widow – Female – 74 – 1817 – Harby
William Mann – Son – Single – Male – 29 – 1862 – Grazier – Hickling
Susannah Shelton – Daughter – Widow – Female – 32 – 1859 – Hickling
Cecil Shelton – Grandson – Single – Male – 7 – 1884 – Hickling
Mary E Shelton – Granddaughter – Single – Female – 3 – 1888 – Hickling
William Rippin – Servant – Single – Male – 16 – 1875 – Farm servant – Hickling

(Kinoulton) Household 1:

This is likely to be Ann, the widow of John Rippin; they seem to have moved to Kinoulton since the previous census and, John, has died.

Ann Rippin sole occupier – widow – 1818 – age 73 – born Nottingham
- Possible burial record; John Rippon – KInoulton 18^th June 1887 – age 78 (however, birth year given as 1809)
- Possible burial record; John Rippon – Cotgrave 4^th March 1888 – age 67 (born 1821)
- Possible burial record; Ann Rippin – burial Kinoulton 21^st July 1901 – age 84 (born 1817) – she seems to be listed with her son, Steven, in the 1901 census (below).
- News clipping (July 27^th 1901) Rippon – At Kinoulton, on the 19^th inst. Ann, widow of the late Mr John Rippon, aged 84 years.

Census 1901 (Hickling village):

Household (1)

Location – unclear but there are separate households including the name Rippin on this page which implies they may have lived in close proximity with each other.
Joseph Rippon – Head – Married – Male – 50 – 1851 – Grazier – Hickling
Mary Rippon – Wife – Married – Female – 52 – 1849 – Hickling
Arthur Shelton – Nephew – Single – Male – 18 – 1883 – Grazier son – Hickling

Household (2)

Location – unclear but there are separate households including the name Rippin on this page which implies they may have lived in close proximity with each other.
William Rippon – Head (sole occupier) – widow – age 70 – hawker of small wares – Hickling

Household (3)

Location – unclear but there are separate households including the name Rippin on this page which implies they may have lived in close proximity with each other.
William F – Rippon – Head – Married – Male -59 – 1842 – Waggoner on farm – Notts
Mary A Rippon – Wife – Married – Female – 54 – 1847 – Hickling

(Kinoulton) Household 1:

Steven Rippon – Head – Married – Male – 44 – 1857 – Ordinary labourer on farm – Hickling
Mary Rippon – Wife – Married – Female – 28 – 1873 – Orston
Minnie Rippon – Daughter – Single – Female – 2 – 1899 – Kinoulton
Alice Rippon – Daughter – Single – Female – 1 – 1900 – Kinoulton
Ann Rippon – Mother – Widow – Female – 84 – 1817 – Nottinghamshire

Census 1911:

Household (1)

Joseph Rippon – Head – Married – Male – 60 – 1851 – Grazier – Hickling
Alice Mary Rippon – Wife – Married – Female – 48 – 1863 – Kinoulton

Household (2)

Location – Bridegate Lane
William Rippon – Head – Married – Male – 69 – 1842 – Labourer on farm – Upper Broughton
Mary Ann Rippon – Wife – Married – Female – 64 – 1847 – Hickling

(Kinoulton) Household 1:

Stephen Rippon – Head – Married – Male – 57 – 1854 – Agricultural labour – Hickling
Mary Rippon – Wife – Married – Female – 37 – 1874 – Oxton, Notts (or Orston – see 1901)
Minnie Rippon – Daughter – Female – 12 – 1899 – School – Kinoulton
Alice Rippon – Daughter – Female – 11 – 1900 – School – Kinoulton
Stephen Rippon – Son – Male – 6 – 1905 – Kinoulton

From the Wadkin Archives:

(just one mention in the Wadkin books)

Scrapbook of Hickling p.25 – photograph label: From the top of the bridge. Note on the extreme right the ‘Navigation Inn’ sign, closed as a public house in 1912. Post-mark on postcard 1905. Man leaning on railings is possibly Mr. Ripon who lived opposite the church.

Wadkin notes:

The Chapel was re-opened in August 1848 following its extension: Mr Clay’s class was composed of the following members:- Joseph Maltby, Mary Rippin …

News clippings (originals, below):

March 13^th 1897: A supper and social at The Plough Inn was attended by S Rippin (Kinoulton)
(undated): The Daily Guardian Shilling Fund for wounded soldiers and widows and orphans – contributions made by; Mr and Mrs Jos. Rippon 1s and Mr Wm Rippon 6d.
July 27^th 1901: Rippon – At Kinoulton, on the 19^th inst. Ann, widow of the late Mr John Rippon, aged 84 years.
April 5^th 1902: Accident – On Tuesday morning last, Mr H Rippon, when going to work about five o’clock in the morning, discovered a horse impaled on the iron fence which encloses one corner of Mr Geo. Collishaw’s home field. At first it was thought the animal was owned by one of the village people, but it was afterwards found to belong to some furniture removal contractors, of Nottingham. The owners had been over to Hickling the previous day to arrange for the removal of the schoolmaster’s goods, and the animal, by the kindness of Mr John Dickman was put in his stable for the night. The horse was not tied up and during the night broke the stable doors open and for some time wandered in the street. Help was received and soon Mr W Barratt and others were at work; poles and pullies were set up and the horse was lifted off the point of the fence. Upon its liberation, the horse made a plunge forward and the poles pulleys and chains fell over and knocked to the ground a man named Arthur Parr who was rendering willing help, injuring him severely. Medical aid was as soon as possible secured, but the patient still lies in a critical condition. Great sympathy is felt for the sufferer and quite a gloom was cast over the village by the melancholy event. The horse was a valuable one, but was so much injured that it was necessary to shoot it and end its suffering.
May 23^rd 1903: Suicide – On Tuesday morning last, the body of William law was discovered hanging lifeless in his hovel. The deceased resided in one of the Foresters’ Cottages in Smithfield Lane, Hickling, the adjoining one being occupied by William rippon, who, having occasion to go to his hovel about five o’clock in the morning found his neighbour’s hovel door partially open. Thinking this unusual, he looked inside, and was shocked to find Law hanging by the neck from the roof. He immediately informed a neighbour and proceeded to Kinoulton to acquaint the police and the body was cut down, apparently having been dead for sometime. The deceased was seventy-one years of age. An inquest was held at the Wheel Inn, on Thursday, and a verdict of ‘Temporary insanity’ was returned. The body was interred in the churchyard later in the afternoon.
May 19^th 1903: Rippon – At the Women’s Hospital, Nottingham, on the 7^th inst. Mary, wife of Joseph Rippon, of Hickling, aged 58 years.
Aug 27^th 1932: Horticultural Show – long pod peas, 2^nd prize S. Rippon; stump-rooted carrots, 3^rd prize S Rippon.
Rippon – at Hickling, on February 17^th 1898, Mrs Rippon.
Melton Mowbray Wesleyan Methodist Church Record and Circuit Magazine: In Memoriam – Death has been busy among us during the last few weeks. Mrs Rippin, who died on February 17^th was a member of several years’ standing. She came to us from the Canaan Street Primitive Methodist Church in Nottingham. (…) Our heartiest sympathy to all the bereaved.