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RAVENSPUR, Ravenser, or Ravensrode, a quondam seaport in E. R. Yorkshire; near Spurn Head. It sent members to parliament in the time of Edward I.; suffered so much injury from the sea in 1346, that its merchants then removed to Hull; suffered renewed and very devastating injury from the sea in 1357; was, nevertheless, the landing-place of Henry IV. in 1399, and of Edward IV. in 1471; and about the latter time, or very soon afterwards, was entirely swept away by the sea.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a quondam seaport" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | RAVENSER | RAVENSPUR | RAVENSPUR RAVENSER OR RAVENSRODE | RAVENSRODE |
| Place: | Ravensrodd |
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