Ravensrodd (Parliament of England constituency)

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Ravensrodd
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1295–1337

Ravensrodd, also spelt Ravenser Odd, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, first represented in the Model Parliament of 1295. It was represented by two Members of Parliament intermittently,[1] with the last known representation being in the Parliament of 1344.[2]

The constituency was a Parliamentary borough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, consisting of the port of Ravensrodd at the mouth of the Humber estuary.[3][4] The sandbanks on which the town was built shifted in the 14th century, and it was entirely swept away. The site is now underwater.[5]

See also

References
  1. Brandon, David (2010). Along the Yorkshire coast: from the tees to the Humber. Stroud: History Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780752457321.
  2. Sheppard, Thomas (1912). The Lost Towns of the Yorkshire Coast. Hull: Brown and Sons. p. 96. OCLC 3667817.
  3. Poulson, George (1840). The history and antiquities of the seigniory of Holderness, in the East-Riding of the county of York, including the abbies of Meaux and Swine, wwith the priories of Nunkeeling and Burstall. Hull: R. Brown. p. 536. OCLC 1045980013.
  4. "Search for sunken East Yorkshire medieval town continues". BBC News. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  5. De Boer, G. (June 1964). "Spurn Head: Its History and Evolution". Transactions and Papers (Institute of British Geographers) (34): 83. doi:10.2307/621074.
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