In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Ravendale like this:
RAVENDALE (West), a chapelry in East Ravendale parish, Lincoln; 5 miles W by N of North Thoresby r.station, and 8 S S W of Great Grimsby. Post-town, Great Grimsby. Real property, £990. Pop., 50. Houses, 8. A Premonstratensian priory, a cell to Beaufort abbey in Brittany, was founded here in 1202, by Alan, son of the Earl of Brittany; and was given, in 1438, to the collegiate church of Southwell. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Hatcliffe, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church has long been in ruins.
West Ravendale through time
West Ravendale is now part of North East Lincolnshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North East Lincolnshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Ravendale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Ravendale in North East Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13489
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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