Ravenscroft, Cheshire
Historical Description
Ravenscroft, a township in Middlewich parish, Cheshire, on the river Dane, 1 mile N by W of Middlewich. Ravenscroft Hall is the chief residence.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cheshire | |
Civil parish | Middlewich | |
Hundred | Northwich | |
Poor Law union | Northwich |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Churches
Methodist
Wesleyan chapel
There is a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1878.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ravenscroft from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ravenscroft)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.