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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Ravendale (East and West Ravendale or East and West Randall)

Census

• 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:
  
  

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Church History

• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Martin's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• 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.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• 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.
  
  

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Description and Travel

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:

• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• Many records have the name as "Randal".
  
  

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Maps

• 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.
  
  

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Politics and 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.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• 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.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• 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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