Ravenstown - Izeria

Ravenstown is also a nickname for Baltimore, Maryland.

Ravenstown is a settlement in the Lower Holker parish of the Cartmel Peninsula in Cumbria, England. The village is mostly a housing estate which was built during First World war to serve a new airship station built in the area. Ravenstown lies south of the larger village of Flookburgh and was historically part of Lancashire.

1. History

Ravenstown was built to serve an airship station for Vickers of Barrow-in-Furness after it was decided that Walney Airfield was deemed too vulnerable to attack from German U-boat attack so a new Airship station was constructed on a site which is now Cark Airfield. A new village was needed to house the workers at the new airship station which was originally named Flookburgh Model Aero Village which is now Ravenstown in which construction of 250 houses started on 27 March 1917. The roads are named after World War I battles such as Somme and Jutland.

1. Transport

The main road running in and out of Ravenstown is Winder Lane which runs from Flookburgh and the village has an unmarked bus stop which is served by routes 530, 531 and 532. The Furness Line runs close to Ravenstown and there is a station located in nearby Cark called Cark and Cartmel railway station. Cark Airfield is located near to Ravenstown which is a small airfield for general aviation, the nearest airport with scheduled flights is Blackpool International Airport.

1. Governance

Ravenstown is part of the Lower Holker Civil Parish. Ravenstown was originally part of Ulverston Rural District until 1960 when it was replaced with North Lonsdale Rural District. In 1974 Ravenstown became part of the newly formed district of South Lakeland. Originally Ravenstown was part of Lancashire before it was transferred to the new county of Cumbria in 1974. Since 2023 it has been administered by Westmorland and Furness Council. Ravenstown is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale Constituency whose member of parliament is Tim Farron of the Liberal Democrats.

1. Media

The local newspapers covering Ravenstown are the North-West Evening Mail, The Westmorland Gazette and the free Grange Now. The BBC Local Radio station covering Ravenstown is BBC Radio Cumbria and the Independent Local Radio station is Lakeland Radio. Ravenstown is covered by BBC North West and ITV Granada Regions.

1. References

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Flookburgh

Flookburgh is an ancient village on the Cartmel peninsula in Cumbria, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire and being close to Morecambe Bay, cockle and shrimp fishing plays a big part in village life. Flookburgh has a Haven Holidays site called Lakeland Leisure Park. Flookburgh is sometimes thought to derive its name from a flat fish, known as the Fluke, found in the area. (Many people in Flookburgh say, in fact, that Flookburgh wasn't named after the Fluke; the Fluke was named after the village.) However, it is far more likely that the name is Norse, an adaptation of 'Flugga's Town'.

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Lower Holker

Lower Holker is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the villages of Cark and Flookburgh, the hamlets of Holker, Ravenstown and Sand Gate, and historic Holker Hall. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,808, increasing at the 2011 census to 1,869. In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Holkerian' derives its name from Holker Hall.

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St John the Baptist's Church, Flookburgh

St John the Baptist's Church is in Station Road in the village of Flookburgh, on the Cartmel Peninsula in Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary, Allithwaite, St Mary and St Michael, Cartmel, St Peter, Field Broughton, St Paul, Grange-over-Sands, Grange Fell Church, Grange-Over-Sands, St Paul, Lindale, St Mary Staveley-in-Cartmel, St Anne Haverthwaite and St Peter Finsthwaite to form the benefice of Cartmel Peninsula. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

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River Eea

The River Eea () is a small river in the Lake District, Cumbria, England running through the Furness region, which until 1974 was part of Lancashire. It is a relatively short system that arises from numerous small becks and streams throughout the Cartmel Valley. Its course is approximately 10 km long and its mouth is on Sand Gate marshes near Flookburgh, between Barrow and Kendal. It principally flows in a south-westerly direction.

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