Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RAVENSWORTH

RAVENSWORTH, a township in Kirkby-Ravens-worth parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 5 miles N N W of Richmond. It has a post-office under Richmond, Yorkshire. Acres, 2, 176. Real property, £4, 150. Pop., 257. Houses, 61. A castle stood here before the Norman conquest; was renovated or rebuilt, as the residence of the Fitz-Hughes; and is now represented by some small remains. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a parochial school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Ravensworth

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