Ravensthorpe

Other current and historical names

Ravenestorp

Built-Up Area: Ravensthorpe
Parish/Community: Ravensthorpe
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°19'32"N 1°1'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 466798, 270196
OS Grid: SP667701
Mapcode Local: GBR 9ST.0MK
Mapcode Global: VHDRJ.7SYX

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ravensthorpe within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ravensthorpe in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ravensthorpe, par., township, and vil., in co. and 9 miles NW. of Northampton - par., 2871 ac., pop. 593; township, 1330 ac., pop. 411; P.O.

Ravensthorpe in the Domesday Book

A village in Nobottle hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of Stoke (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edmer Ator
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert the cook
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert the cook
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

British Place Names

Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire

Ravensthorpe is a village in Northamptonshire

Ravensthorpe in historic gazetteers

Ravensthorpe in the Domesday Book