Ravenfield is a small village and
civil parish
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in
South Yorkshire
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, England. It is located in the
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
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, east of the
town of Rotherham. The older part is a former farming village and over recent years has become a pretty rural community; it has been particularly successful in the
Britain in Bloom
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competitions. It has a population of 2,018, increasing to 2,828 at the 2011 census.
The old village is situated in a fold in the hills just below the 1756 church of St. James by
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, close to the site of the John Carr's now demolished Ravenfield Hall and adjacent to Ravenfield Park. The estate was sold in 1920 when the park was broken into separate farms. Many of the old barns have been demolished or converted into homes.
In 1907 the railway came to Ravenfield with a line being built to link Silverwood colliery to the main line and on to Bawtry.
Ravenfield old Village Garden Society was created in 1987 with the aim of improving the local environment. In the early days the village lacked colour and there were very few publicly planted areas. Most of the gardens were very well tended and colourful. It soon became apparent that entering the Yorkshire in Bloom competition led to greater awareness of the potential and diversity of the local environment and a concerted effort has been made ever since to improve it following the RHS guidelines on community, environment, sustainability and horticulture. The village has represented Yorkshire in the national Britain in Bloom competition winning medals on three occasions. In 2008 the village won a gold medal as well as best in category.
RHS Britain in Bloom Awards Winners 2008
See also
*Listed buildings in Ravenfield
Ravenfield is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The parish contains nine listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England
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*Ravenfield (video game)
''Ravenfield'' is a low poly first-person shooter game developed by Swedish programmer Johan Hassel, who goes by the pseudonym SteelRaven7. It was released on 18 May 2017 as an early access title for Windows, macOS and Linux.
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Villages in South Yorkshire
Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
Civil parishes in South Yorkshire
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