Ravendale (East and West Ravendale or East and West Randall)
- The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- In 1890, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2391 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3416 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2620 |
- A Praemonstratensian Canonry was founded here in 1202 by Alan Fitz-Henry. Only their chapel remains in West Ravendale.
- In ancient times, West Ravendale had a parish church. Some ruins of the building remainded in the 1800s.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin.
- The church was erected in 1857 in East Ravendale. It replaced a much older and smaller structure.
- The church seats about 100.
- A photograph of St. Martin's church in East Ravendale is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- Kate NICOL has a photograph of St. Martin's church on Geo-graph, taken in October,2009.
- Here is a photo of St. Martin's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish registers date back to 1723.
- The parish register for 1723 - 1812 are on deposit at the Lincolnshire Archives office.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Grimsby sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- In 1890, the parish was allocated to the Grimsby sub-district of the new Grimsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Ravendale is a small village and a parish about 9 miles east of Caistor, 7 miles south of Grimsby and 10 miles northwest of Louth. The parish covers about 1,600 acres and includes the hamlet of West Ravendale.
If you are planning a visit:
- For relaxation, try the Manor Golf Club in West Ravendale.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The name appears in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Ravenedal". That is Old Scandanavian for "Valley of ravens".
- Many records have the name as "Randal".
- The national grid reference is TF 2399.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- In Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire, the parish is given as being in the North Lindsey division of the county.
- West Ravendale is a chapelry and a township in East Ravendale parish.
- For many centuries East Ravendale and West Ravendale were separate parishes.
- District governance is provided by the North-East Lincolnshire Council.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1841.
- In an 1890 re-organisation, this parish was transferred to the new Grimsby Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Grimsby petty sessional hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
76 |
| 1831 |
104 |
| 1841 |
112 |
| 1871 |
129 |
| 1881 |
165 |
| 1891 |
180 |
| 1911 |
157 |
- A Public Elementary School (formerly a National School) was built here in 1856 to hold up to 70 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
- Here is a photograph of East Ravendale C. of E. School taken in 2002 and supplied by Paul FENWICK (who retains the copyright). Paul used to attend this school.
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[Last updated: 29-March-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
