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Ravenstonedale in Westmorland County England History and GeographyRAVENSTONEDALE, a parish in EAST ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 4¾ miles (S.W.) from Kirkby-Stephen, containing 1059 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Earl of Lonsdale, as lord of the manor; it is endowed with £600 private benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £500 parliamentary grant. The church, dedicated to St. Oswald, was rebuilt in 1744. There is a place of worship for Independents. This manor formerly belonged to the priory of Watton in Yorkshire, and, in common with the other possessions of that monastery, afforded the privilege of sanctuary. The lord of the manor, by his steward, administers the oath of office to the churchwardens of the parish. The steward and jury of the manor anciently held their court, for the trial of felons and other offenders, in the church, near which there was an arched vault, in which malefactors were confined: Gallow Hill, a short distance hence, appears to have been the spot where capital punishment was inflicted. The parish is composed of numerous vallies and fells, among which rise several streams, forming the source of the river Lune. The town appears to have been formerly much larger than at present: a small market is held on Tuesdays, and a fair on the Thursday after Whit-Sunday. The free grammar school was founded, about 1688, by Thomas Fothergill, B. D., Master of St. John's College, Cambridge, aided by other members of his family, all natives of the parish: a good school-house was built by contribution in 1758. The salary and emoluments of the master amount to about £70 per annum: he has a commodious dwelling-house, and is allowed to receive boarders. Boys whose parents reside in the parish are instructed gratuitously in Latin and Greek, but pay a small quarterage for tuition in other branches. At a place called Rasate there are two tumuli, in which, on being opened, human bones were found; and near Rother bridge there is a circle of stones, supposed to have been a place of Druidical worship. The family of Fothergill has produced several distinguished members, among whom were, George Fothergill, D.D., principal of St. Edmund Hall, and Thomas Fothergill, D. D., Provost of Queen's College, Oxford. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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