GENUKI: Ravenfield

The Ancient Parish of RAVENFIELD

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"RAVENFIELD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Ravenfield Hall, the seat of the Rev. William Hedges) 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Tickhill, 9 from Doncaster, 45 from York. Pop. 187. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, !£117. Patron, the Archdeacon of York. It was formerly a Chapel to Mexborough."

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. James' Church, Ravenfield (view 1).
- St. James' Church, Ravenfield (view 2).

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Ravenfield in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The following transcriptions are transcriptions of transcriptions originally done in 1988 by Wath and Mexborough Archives. These documents have many typographical errors and so we cannot vouch for the accuracy in the original transcription. If you find anything of interest here, please be sure to check the original Parish Registers source material.
Transcriptions by Jack Parry of:
- The Baptism Registers for Ravenfield Parish:
  - 1563-1624, 1634-1699, 1700-1750, 1751-1799, 1800-1849, 1850-1883, 1884-1899.
- The Marriage Registers for Ravenfield Parish:
  - 1570-1620, 1634-1799, 1800-1899.
- The Burial Registers for Ravenfield Parish:
  - 1579-1623, 1634-1699, 1700-1799, 1800-1899.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Ravenfield.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Doncaster and District FHS

Taxation

A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.

This page is copyright. Do not copy any part of this page or website other than for personal use or as given in the conditions of use.
If you have any suggestions for links to other sites that may be useful to other researchers, please use this User Links page
Web-page generated by "DB2html" data-base extraction software ©Colin Hinson 2024