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Ravenstonedale

Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England

Field	Value
official_name	Ravenstonedale
static_image_name	St Oswald's Church, Ravenstonedale - geograph.org.uk - 224675.jpg
static_image_caption	St Oswalds Church in Ravenstonedale
country	England
region	North West England
os_grid_reference	NY723040
coordinates
label_position	top
population	594
population_ref	(2011)
post_town	KIRKBY STEPHEN
postcode_area	CA
postcode_district	CA17
dial_code	01539
constituency_westminster	Westmorland and Lonsdale
civil_parish	Ravenstonedale
unitary_england	Westmorland and Furness
lieutenancy_england	Cumbria

Ravenstonedale is a village and large civil parish in Cumbria, on the watershed between the River Lune and River Eden. The village lies 4 mi south west of Kirkby Stephen. The parish includes the village of Newbiggin-on-Lune and several smaller settlements including Bowderdale, Brownber, Greenside, Stennerskeugh, Wath and Weasdale. Large areas of moorland lie within the parish, extending 5 mi south west of the village to the northern side of the Howgill Fells. The parish had a population of 570 in 2001, increasing to 594 at the 2011 Census.

Historically also known as "Russendale", the parish is divided into four parts (known as 'angles'): Town, Newbiggin-on-Lune, Bowderdale and Fell End. The origin and toponymy of the name are obscure. An alternative spelling may be Rausyngdale

The parish was historically in the county of Westmorland. Since 2016 it has been within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Village

The village is centred on a single main street, though there are many scattered dwellings on the periphery. Slightly to the south east of the village centre are the buildings of the former Ravenstonedale Endowed School. It closed in 2015. There are two inns in the village, and one about two miles outside at Fell End.

St Oswald's church

Main article: St Oswald's Church, Ravenstonedale

The parish church, dedicated to St Oswald, dates mainly from the rebuild in the 18th century. The tower dates from 1738, and the rest is of 1744. It has an interesting interior where rows of box pews face a central aisle in the collegiate style. There is a very good example of a three-decker pulpit. To the north of the church are the excavated remains of a Gilbertine priory built in the 12th century, which can still be viewed. There is an interpretation board

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Great Strickland and has a population taken at the 2011 Census of 976.

Transport links

The village is just off the A685 which runs from Junction 38 of the M6 at Tebay through Kirkby Stephen and connects with the A66 at Brough. The village was served by Ravenstonedale railway station (located to the west of Newbiggin-on-Lune), but it closed to passengers in 1952, and to goods traffic in 1962. The nearest station is Kirkby Stephen railway station which is about 4 miles away by road, and is on the main Settle-Carlisle Line. Ravenstonedale is currently the northern terminus of the Pennine Bridleway.

Notable people

Thomas Dixon, senior

Gallery

File: Ravenstonedale St Oswald's church.jpg|St Oswald's church File:Ravenstonedale_priory_interior_east.jpg| St Oswald's church interior east File:Ravenstonedale_priory_interior.jpg|St Oswald's church interior west File:Ravenstonedale_Methodist_Church,Ravenstonedale-geograph.org.uk-224678.jpg| Low Chapel Methodist church File:Ravenstonedale_village_school-geograph.org.uk-_1408146.jpg|Village Endowed School File:The_Black_Swan,Ravenstonedale-geograph.org.uk-_1408142.jpg|The Black Swan File:The_King%27s_Head,Ravenstonedale-geograph.org.uk-_1248139.jpg|The King's Head File:High_Chapel_URC,Ravenstonedale-geograph.org.uk-_224680.jpg|High Chapel, formerly the United Reformed Church, now the Community and Heritage Centre.

References

"Ravenstonedale Parish".
"Ravenstonedale Parish".
(1967). "English Place-Name Society: Volume 43, The Place-Names of Westmorland, Part 2". Cambridge University Press.
Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/647; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no647/bCP40no647dorses/IMG_0786.htm; second entry, with Richard de Musgrave as the plaintiff, and where 2 of the defendants are from 'Raunsyngdale' or 'Ravnsyngdale'
(27 March 2015). "Permission to close Ravenstonedale Primary School". [[Cumberland and Westmorland Herald]].
"Ward population 2011".

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