LITTLE RAVELEY
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
"LITTLE RAVELEY, a parish in the hundred of Hurstingstone, county Hunts,
half a mile south of Great Raveley, and 4 south-west of Ramsey. The parish is of
small extent, and the village consists of only a few scattered houses. The
living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Ely, value £50. The church,
dedicated to St. James, was erected in the middle of the 14th century, and
was formerly a chapel-of-ease to Bury. It is an ancient structure capable
of containing eighty persons, and has recently been repaired and much
improved. The Earl of Sandwich is lord of the manor. A Roman urn of blue
earth and several skeletons were found while working a gravel pit.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
- The monumental inscriptions of Little Raveley have not yet been recorded by the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the
Huntingdon Records Office.
- The full 1841 Census of Little Raveley Parish is available in fiche format as Fiche Set C85 -
(Broughton, Great Raveley, Little Raveley and Woodwalton).
- The full 1851 Census of Little Raveley Parish is available in fiche format as Fiche Set C35 -
(Broughton, Great Raveley, Little Raveley and Woodwalton).
- A surname index of the 1881 Census of the Huntingdon Registration District, in which Little Raveley
was enumerated (RG11/1600, Folios 143a - 144a), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, has been
produced on fiche.
- A full transcription of the 1891 Census of Ramsey Registration District (RG12/1234) in which
Little Raveley was enumerated, and which took place on 5th April 1891, has also been produced on fiche.
- The above mentioned fiche are available from the
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.
- St. James's Church, Little Raveley.
- OS Grid Square TL 256820.
- The church of St James consisted only of a chancel and a nave. The walls are of rubble with
stone dressing, partly plastered, and the roofs are covered with tiles.
- The chancel was probably built around 1230 and the nave was rebuilt late in the 14th century,
when it was widened in the south. The chancel was restored in 1914.
- Late in the 20th century, the church was deconsecrated, modified and turned into a private house.
- These are available in the
Huntingdon Records Office.
- Baptisms: 1596-1782, 1783-1795, 1793-1801, 1813-1961
- Banns: 1823?-1949, 1952-1954
- Marriages: 1577-1749/50, 1756-1808, 1838-1955, 1958-1962
- Burials: 1576-1782, 1784-1794, 1793-1812, 1814-1970
- Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1610, 1612, 1618-19, 1625-7, 1661-72-7, 1680-1, 1683, 1686-8,
1690, 1692, 1694, 1696-7, 1699-1702, 1707, 1712-14,1716, 1719-20, 1724-6, 1730, 1734-8, 1740-51,
1754-8, 1760, 1762-5, 1767-9, 1771, 1773, 1775, 1779-80, 1782-3, 1785-93, 1795-1804,
1806-13/1813-14, 1816-24/1825-31, 1834, 1837, 1839, 1845-9, 1853-4.
- The
Huntingdonshire Marriage Indexes
include marriages from this parish. These are, at present, issued in alphabetical listings in
series: 1601-1700, and 1701-1754, and are available from the
Huntingdonshire FHS Bookstall. It is also available for credit card purchases through the
On-line Family History Fair,
GENfair.
- The parish of Little Raveley was originally part of the Huntingdon Registration District from 1st July 1837. Subsequently it became part of the Ramsey sub-District. From 1st April 1997 it once again is part of the Huntingdon District.
- Roflea,
- Raeflea,
- Rafflea,
- Raffley (x cent.),
- Parva Ravele,
- Ravele Minor (xiii cent.).
- The parish of Little Raveley was in the Huntingdon Union for Poor Law administration.
- Births and Deaths registered in the Huntingdon Union Workhouse (1838 - 1949) are available,
at a cost of £1.50, from the
Huntingdonshire FHS Bookstall.
- Between 1801 and 1931, the population figues for Little Raveley were included with those for Great Raveley. From 1951, the population figures were included as part of Upwood.
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