Buckinghamshire Parishes (old)
Ravenstone Parish
Church: All Saints
Hundred: Newport
Poor Law District: Newport Pagnell
Size (acres): 1920
Easting & Northing: 484250
Grid Ref SP840500 Click to see map
Articles
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Ravenstone
Ravenstone Parish (Pop. 430) One Daily School, containing upwards of 80 children of both sexes, endowed with a salary of £12 per annum, with house and garden for the master, and an allowance for stationary and firing. Two Sunday Schools, in which about 40 males and 40 females recei
Ravenstone
Description of Ravenstone from J.J. Sheahan, 1861.
Map
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Places
Name | Type | Note |
---|---|---|
Ravenstone | PARISH | All Saints |
Ranstone | NAMES | name for Ravenstone in 1693 |
Raunston | NAMES | name for Ravenstone in 1509 |
Raveneston | NAMES | name for Ravenstone in Domesday Book 1086 |
Independent & Baptist | NON-CONFORMIST | Dissenting. First Mentioned: 1790. Built 1818, rebuilt 1907 |
Eakley Lanes | PLACE | within the parish |
Parkfield Farm | PLACE | within the parish |
Photographs
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Population
These population figures are based on the Census results. The boundaries are those used in the particular census which may vary over time..
Note | |
1801 | 381 |
1811 | 370 |
1821 | 418 |
1831 | 430 |
1841 | 415 |
1851 | 446 |
1861 | 400 |
1871 | 431 |
1881 | 370 |
1891 | 300 |
1901 | 224 |
1911 | 196 |
1921 | 220 |
1931 | 166 |
1941 | N/A |
1951 | 206 |
1961 | 185 |
1971 | 182 |
1981 | 195 |
1991 | 219 |
There was no census in 1941.
Records
Parish | Church | Register | Start Date | End Date | Online Search | E-Mail Search | Publication |
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Ravenstone | All Saints | Baptisms | 1574 | 1873 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Not available | Ravenstone | All Saints | Baptisms | 1568 | 1653 | Not available | Yes, click here | Not available | Ravenstone | All Saints | Marriages | 1569 | 1836 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Not available | Ravenstone | All Saints | Burials | 1569 | 1908 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Not available |
Surnames
These were extracted from our own records and presented as a guide.
Position | Before 1700 | 18th Century | 19th Century | Overall Surnames |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GADSDEN | KIGHTLEY | KIGHTLEY | KIGHTLEY |
2 | CLARKE | PETTIT | WHITE | SMITH |
3 | GREENE | BUTCHER | RICHARDSON | WHITE |
4 | PALMER | WATSON | NICHOLLS | RICHARDSON |
5 | ELLIS | GODFREY | SMITH | NICHOLLS |
6 | KYTLEY | SMITH | WATSON | WATSON |
7 | ALLEN | GRACE | BARRINGER | BARRINGER |
8 | BATTISSON | PETIT | HAMMON | GODFREY |
9 | PARKER | HOOTON | NICHOLS | WALLIS |
10 | JOHNSON | HOLLOWAY | LABRUM | HOLLOWAY |