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Ravenspur, former seaport, East-Riding Yorkshire, at the mouth of the Humber, near Spurn Head; was also called Ravenspurn, Ravenser, and Ravensrode; returned a member to the Parliaments of Edward I.; suffered much injury from the sea in 1346, and again in 1357; was the landing-place of Henry IV. in 1399 and of Edward IV. in 1471, and was soon afterwards entirely swept away by the sea.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "former seaport" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | RAVENSER | RAVENSPUR | RAVENSPURN | RAVENSRODE |
Place: | Ravensrodd |
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