Ravensworth, North Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Ravensworth, a village and a township in Kirkby Ravensworth parish, N.R. Yorkshire, 5 miles NNW of Richmond. There is a post and money order office under Richmond; telegraph office, Richmond. Acreage, 1722; population, 254. The manor belongs to the Cradock family. 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.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ravensworth from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ravensworth)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Ravensworth are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online:

• York Herald
• Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
• Yorkshire Gazette
• Yorkshire Evening Press
• Whitby Gazette