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East Ravendale
East Ravendale
East Ravendale East Ravendale shown within Lincolnshire
Population	125 (2001)
OS grid reference	TF236995
District	North East Lincolnshire
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Grimsby
Postcode district	DN37
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Cleethorpes

East Ravendale is a small village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) south-south-west of Grimsby, and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the A18.

The village has a small school, a church, approximately twenty houses, and a postbox.

St.Martin's church

Both East Ravendale Primary School and the neighbouring Grade II listed St Martin's Church^[1] were designed by architect James Fowler in 1857, and were his first new build school and church.

Three other buildings in the village are listed: early 18th century East Ravendale Hall,^[2] 19th century Parkside farmhouse,^[3] and 17th century thatched cottages.^[4]

West Ravendale, the site of the ruins of Ravendale Priory, lies 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the west and is part of East Ravendale civil parish.
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From paratrooper to Beefeater at Tower of London

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From paratrooper to Beefeater at Tower of London