In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ravenstone like this:
RAVENSTONE, a village and a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks. The village stands 1 mile S of the boundary with Northamptonshire, and 3 W of Olney r. station; and has a postal wall-box under Newport-Paguell. The parish comprises 2, 230 acres. Real property, £2, 182. Pop., 400. Houses, 103. ...
The property is divided between two; and the manor belongs to G. Finch, Esq. A black priory was founded here in l246, and was given to Cardinal Wolsey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £106.* Patron, G. Finch, Esq. The church is Norman, in good condition; and contains a very fine monument of Lord Chancellor Finch. There are an endowed school with £150 a year, and alms-houses with £282.
Ravenstone through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ravenstone, in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2928
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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