Ravenstonedale is fortunate to have an excellent Community website, as well as TWO local history organisations:

 

COMMUNITY WEBSITE

R'DALE PARISH HISTORY GROUP

R'DALE INDEPENDANT HISTORY ARCHIVE

 

 

 

 

 

There are also Surname Studies and/or DNA projects for several of the surnames which are frequently found in the parish:

 

The following websites are run as part of the Guild of One-name Studies:

Adamthwaite Archive

Cumston Family History

Duckett website

 

Other websites:

Clan Bell International

Bland Heritage

Bousfield Family Tree

Dent Family Tree

Fawcett DNA Project

Fothergills of Ravenstonedale

Fothergill DNA Project

Metcalfe Socety

Swinbank DNA Project

RB website (includes Fothergill, Metcalfe, Thompson and Ward)

Close Ancestry

 

 

 

 

Old Cumbria Gazetteer: Ravenstonedale ... this website provides details, and some location maps, about many of the farmhouses in Ravenstonedale

The Ravenstonedale Millennium Map ... you can view digital images of this brilliant map produced by David Morris, Caroline Metcalf- Gibson and Tom Oldham to celebrate the Millennium in 2001 on the Ravenstonedale Community website.  Copies can also be purchased from the Scar Art Gallery in Ravenstonedale, along with a booklet providing accounts by residents of many of the farms.

 

If you know of any other websites covering surnames from Ravenstonedale, please let me know.