Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RAVELEY (Great)

RAVELEY (Great), a parish in the district and county of Huntingdon; 3½ miles S W of Ramsey r. station, and 6½ N N E of Huntingdon. Post-town, Old Hurst, under Huntingdon. Acres, 2,040. Real property, £2, 436. Pop., 318. Houses, 64. The property is divided chiefly among four. The manor belongs to Sir H. Peyton, Bart. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Upwood, in the diocese of Ely. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Great Raveley CP/AP       Huntingdonshire AncC
Place names: GREAT RAVELEY     |     RAVELEY     |     RAVELEY GREAT
Place: Great Raveley

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