Place:


Ravenstone  Leicestershire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ravenstone like this:

RAVENSTONE, a village in Leicester, and a parishpartly also in Derby, but all in the district of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The village stands 2 miles W of Coalville r.station, and 4 S E of Ashby-de-la-Zouch; and has a post-office under Ashby-de-la-ouch. The parish comprises 550 acres in Leicester, and 580 in Derby. ...


Real property, £2, 520. Pop., 248 and 144. Houses, 54 and 55. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with R. Hall, belongs to L. Fosbrooke, Esq. R. House is the residence of the Rev. R. G. Cresswell. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £320.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early English, ingood condition; and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and an alms-house-hospital for 36 women.

Ravenstone through time

Ravenstone is now part of North West Leicestershire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North West Leicestershire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ravenstone itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ravenstone in North West Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11236

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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