Raventhorpe

Not to be confused with Raventhorp or Ravensthorpe.

Raventhorpe is a hamlet in North Lincolnshire, England. It is located just east of Scunthorpe, and south east of Scunthorpe Steelworks, adjacent to the A18. Raventhorpe was described in the Domesday Book as a settlement in the hundred of Manley, with 9 households in the year 1086.[1] Immediately south west of Raventhorpe Farm is the site of a scheduled monument, which consists of medieval earthworks and the buried remains of several buildings.[2] In the early 1870s Raventhorpe was described by John Marius Wilson in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales as "a hamlet in Appleby parish, Lincoln; 4¼ miles W of Glanford-Brigg".[3]

Raventhorpe Solar PV Park is located to the east of Raventhorpe, commissioned in March 2015 and developed by Kinetica Solar and WElink Energy UK.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Raventhorpe". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  2. ^ Scheduled Monument 1016426
  3. ^ "Raventhorpe, Lincolnshire". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Power plant profile: Raventhorpe Solar PV Park, UK". power-technology.com. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  • Media related to Raventhorpe Solar Park at Wikimedia Commons

53°33′43″N 0°35′13″W / 53.5619724°N 0.5868432°W / 53.5619724; -0.5868432

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