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.
- 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 St. Martin and 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.
- 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 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:
- The national grid reference is TF 2399.
- For a modern map of the area, try: Multimaps.
- 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.
- For governance, the parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the Central Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- West Ravendale is a chapelry and a township in East Ravendale parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
76 |
| 1831 |
104 |
| 1871 |
129 |
| 1911 |
157 |
- A Public Elementary 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: 24-January-2007 - Louis Mills]
