Rickling and the adjoining Rickling Green is a village in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. The village is located around 7 miles from Bishop's Stortford, around 9 miles from Saffron Walden and around 4 miles from the large village of Newport. Since the 1940s, it has been part of the parish of Quendon and Rickling. Rickling Green is around 0.5 miles from Quendon village and is the much larger centre. Rickling, some 1.5 miles north-west of Quendon, is the site of the village's church, All Saints, and a few houses. The name Rickling is found in the Domesday Book as Richelinga, and means 'Ricola's people' – Ricola (also Ricula) was the wife of Sledd of Essex in the 6th century. It is not known definitively why the main population today at Rickling Green is so far from its church at Rickling, but it has been suggested this may have been due to the plague. All Saints Church at Rickling is a 13th-century flint church, although the nave's unusual proportions may indicate an earlier plan. The chancel, south aisle and west tower were built in 1340. There were later alterations in the 15th and 16th centuries, with further additions and restoration in the 19th century. Notable features include the screen and pulpit. Rickling Hall, a Grade II listed farmhouse, stands on the site of a former castle and includes a moated castle mound to the south of the present building. Rickling and Rickling Green contain a number of other listed buildings, many of them dating from the 17th century.