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ID: 7447174
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7447174
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ravensworth (inhabited place)  Ravensworth (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 54 28 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 54.4667  decimal degrees
Long: 001 47 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.7833  decimal degrees

Note: One of two places with this name in North Yorkshire. Located 4.5 miles northwest of Richmond and 10 miles from Darlington. Noted for historic medieval and later homes. Ruins of Ravensworth Castle are nearby. Home of mathematician and astronomer William Lax (1761-1836) who produced "A Method of finding the latitude by means of two altitudes of the sun" in 1799.

Names:
Ravensworth (preferred,NA,V,English,U)  ............ from Old Norse meaning enclosed area of the Raven
Ravenswath (H,V)  ............ 13th century
Raveneswade (H,V)  ............ 12th century
Ravenesuuet (H,V,English,U)  ............ 11th century

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of North Yorkshire (county)  ................  North Yorkshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Ravensworth (inhabited place)  ....................  Ravensworth (inhabited place) (P,U)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ravenesuuet..........  [VP]
.......................  Domesday Book (1985)
Raveneswade..........  [VP]
.......................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987)
Ravenswath..........  [VP]
.......................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987)
Ravensworth..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Buildings: Yorkshire, N Riding (1973) 288
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2606048
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..........  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1987)

 

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