Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ravensworth

Ravensworth, township and vil., Kirkby Ravensworth par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles NW. of Richmond, 2248 ac., pop. 268; P.O.; Ravensworth Castle, the ruined residence of the family of Fitz-Hugh, succeeded a fortress of Saxon times.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kirkby Ravensworth AP/CP       Ravensworth Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Ravensworth

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