Ridge, Hertfordshire

Ridge
Ridge
	St Margaret, Ridge
	Ridge Location within Hertfordshire
Population	177 (2011 census)
Civil parish	South Mimms and Ridge;
District	Hertsmere;
Shire county	Hertfordshire;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
	List of places UK England Hertfordshire 51°41′N 0°14′W / 51.683°N 0.233°W

Ridge is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Mimms and Ridge, in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, situated between Potters Bar and Shenley. At the 2011 Census population of Ridge parish was 177.^[1]

It has a church, St Margaret's; a children's playground; and the Old Guinea public house, which serves food on most days. The village holds an annual fete on the August bank holiday. Ridge is surrounded by countryside with numerous public footpaths. In 1926, the parish boundary between Ridge, Hertfordshire, and South Mimms, Middlesex, was subject to a minor adjustment.^[2]

Clare Hall in Ridge is a former manor house, built around 1745 by Thomas Roberts, a linen draper from St Albans. It was originally called Clay Hall and renamed Clare Hall in 1750. From 1886 to 1974, Clare Hall was used as an isolation hospital for diseases including smallpox and tuberculosis. It was taken over by the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in 1980 as a research laboratory. It is now part of the Francis Crick Institute.^[3]

Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, the World War II commander and former Governor General of Canada, is buried in St Margaret's churchyard.^[4]

History

On 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished and merged with South Mimms to form "South Mimms and Ridge".^[5]

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
^ M. of H. Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 10) Act 1926
^ "Our founding institutes: Clare Hall". The Francis Crick Institute.
^ Office of the Governor General of Canada. "Governor General > Former Governors General > Field Marshal the Earl Alexander of Tunis". Queen's Printer for Canada. Archived from the original on 9 October 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
^ "The Hertsmere Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2022" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

[2] M. of H. Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 10) Act 1926

[3] "Our founding institutes: Clare Hall". The Francis Crick Institute.

[4] Office of the Governor General of Canada. "Governor General > Former Governors General > Field Marshal the Earl Alexander of Tunis". Queen's Printer for Canada. Archived from the original on 9 October 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2009.

[5] "The Hertsmere Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2022" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

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v t e Civil parishes in Hertfordshire
Dacorum (partly parished)	Aldbury Berkhamsted Bovingdon Chipperfield Flamstead Flaunden Great Gaddesden Kings Langley Little Gaddesden Markyate Nash Mills Nettleden with Potten End Northchurch Tring Tring Rural Wigginton
East Hertfordshire (wholly parished)	Albury Anstey Ardeley Aspenden Aston Bayford Bengeo Rural Benington Bishop's Stortford Bramfield Braughing Brent Pelham Brickendon Liberty Buckland Buntingford Cottered Datchworth Eastwick Gilston Furneux Pelham Great Amwell Great Munden Hertford Hertford Heath Hertingfordbury High Wych Hormead Hunsdon Little Berkhamsted Little Hadham Little Munden Meesden Much Hadham Sacombe Sawbridgeworth Standon Stanstead Abbots Stanstead St Margarets Stapleford Stocking Pelham Tewin Thorley Thundridge Walkern Ware Wareside Watton-at-Stone Westmill Widford Wyddial
Hertsmere (partly parished)	Aldenham Elstree and Borehamwood Hertsmere Meriden Shenley South Mimms and Ridge
North Hertfordshire (partly parished)	Ashwell Barkway Barley Bygrave Caldecote Clothall Codicote Graveley Great Ashby Hexton Hinxworth Holwell Ickleford Kelshall Kimpton King's Walden Knebworth Langley Lilley Newnham Nuthampstead Offley Pirton Preston Radwell Reed Royston Rushden Sandon St Ippolyts St Paul's Walden Therfield Wallington Weston Wymondley
St Albans (partly parished)	Colney Heath Harpenden Town Harpenden Rural London Colney Redbourn Sandridge St Michael St Stephen Wheathampstead
Three Rivers (partly parished)	Abbots Langley Batchworth Chorleywood Croxley Green Sarratt Watford Rural
Welwyn Hatfield (partly parished)	Ayot St Lawrence Ayot St Peter Essendon Hatfield North Mymms Northaw and Cuffley Welwyn Woolmer Green
Wholly unparished boroughs	Broxbourne Stevenage Watford
See also	List of places in Hertfordshire

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Ridge
St Margaret, Ridge
Ridge Location within Hertfordshire
Population	177 (2011 census)
Civil parish	South Mimms and Ridge
District	Hertsmere
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Hertfordshire 51°41′N 0°14′W / 51.683°N 0.233°W / 51.683; -0.233