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Roflea, Raeflea, Rafflea, Raffley (x cent.), Parva Ravele, Ravele Minor (xiii cent.).
The parish consists of clay land, most of which is agricultural. The land is fairly level being for the great part a little more than 100 ft. above sea level. There was once a considerable stretch of woodland along the south-west border of the parish. Raveley Wood within the parish has disappeared but its name is preserved in a farm, but Wennington Wood, just outside Abbots Ripton parish, still exists.
The village lies on the winding road from Broughton to Great Raveley at a point where a branch road goes westward to Wennington and Abbots Ripton. It consists only of the church and a few farm houses and cottages, together with some council houses.
Little Raveley was originally a chapel in Wistow Ancient Parish until 1351 whence it was trasferred to Bury Ancient Parish. It became a separate eccelsiastical parish in 1746. The civil parish was abolished in 1935 to help create the Upwood and the Raveleys civil parish.
The monumental inscriptions of Little Raveley have not yet been recorded by the Huntingdonshire FHS.
Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the Huntingdon Records Office.
The full 1841 Census of Little Raveley Parish is available in fiche format as Fiche Set C85 - (Broughton, Great Raveley, Little Raveley and Woodwalton).
The full 1851 Census of Little Raveley Parish is available in fiche format as Fiche Set C35 - (Broughton, Great Raveley, Little Raveley and Woodwalton).
A surname index of the 1881 Census of the Huntingdon Registration District,
in which Little Raveley was enumerated (RG11/1600, Folios 143a - 144a), and
which took place on 3rd April 1881, has been produced on fiche.
A full transcription of the 1891 Census of Ramsey Registration District (RG12/1234)
in which Little Raveley was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891,
has also been produced on fiche
The above mentioned fiche are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
OS Grid Square TL 256820.
The church of St James consisted only of a chancel and a nave. The walls are of rubble with stone dressing, partly plastered, and the roofs are covered with tiles.
The chancel was probably built around 1230 and the nave was rebuilt late in the 14th century, when it was widened in the south. The chancel was restored in 1914.
Late in the 20th century, the church was deconsecrated, modified and turned into a private house.
Baptisms: 1596-1782, 1783-1795, 1793-1801, 1813-1961
Banns:
1823?-1949, 1952-1954
Marriages: 1577-1749/50, 1756-1808, 1838-1955, 1958-1962
Burials: 1576-1782, 1784-1794, 1793-1812, 1814-1970
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1610, 1612, 1618-19, 1625-7, 1661-72-7, 1680-1, 1683, 1686-8, 1690, 1692, 1694, 1696-7, 1699-1702, 1707, 1712-14,1716, 1719-20, 1724-6, 1730, 1734-8, 1740-51, 1754-8, 1760, 1762-5, 1767-9, 1771, 1773, 1775, 1779-80, 1782-3, 1785-93, 1795-1804, 1806-13/1813-14, 1816-24/1825-31, 1834, 1837, 1839, 1845-9, 1853-4.
These are available in the Huntingdon Records Office.
The Huntingdonshire Marriage Indexes include marriages from this parish. These are, at present, issued in alphabetical listings in series: 1601-1700, and 1701-1754, and are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS Bookstall. It is also available for credit card purchases through the On-line Family History Fair, GENfair.
The parish of Little Raveley was originally part of the Huntingdon Registration District from 1st July 1837. Subsequently it became part of the Ramsey sub-District. From 1st April 1997 it once again is part of the Huntingdon District.
Between 1801 and 1931, the population figues for Little Raveley were included with those for Great Raveley. From 1951, the population figures were included as part of Upwood.
The parish of Little Raveley was in the Huntingdon Union for Poor Law administration.
Births and Deaths registered in the Huntingdon Union Workhouse (1838 - 1949)
are available, at a cost of £1.50, from the Huntingdonshire
FHS Bookstall.
The parish of Little Raveley occupies an area of 751 acres.
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