St John the Baptist, Ripe

The Ripe and Chalvington church register started in 1538 and Ripe’s original paper registers are preserved in the County records office. The advowson of Ripe church was presented to the St Pancreas priory, Lewes in 1100. 

Ripe church is set on the edge of the village at Eckington Corner and is approached by an avenue of trees although many of these had to be removed from the pathway after the storm of October 1987. The Old Rectory lies to the right with Eckington Manor.