Ravenswood may refer to:
Film, TV and literature
* Ravenswood, the name of a Swedish forest in ''
Beowulf
''Beowulf'' (; ) is an Old English poetry, Old English poem, an Epic poetry, epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 Alliterative verse, alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and List of translat ...
'', the setting of a battle between Geats and Swedes
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''Ravenswood'' (film), working title for an Australian thriller, starring Stephen Moyer, Travis Fimmel, and Teresa Palmer, released as ''Restraint'' (2008)
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''Ravenswood'' (TV series), a spin-off of ''Pretty Little Liars''
* ''
Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor'', a book by Kate Bronfenbrenner and Tom Juravich
*Ravenswood Castle, a fictional setting in the Scottish Lowlands, featured in Sir Walter Scott's 1819 classic, ''
The Bride of Lammermoor
''The Bride of Lammermoor'' is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819, one of the Waverley novels. The novel is set in the Lammermuir Hills of south-east Scotland, shortly before the Act of Union of 1707 (in the first editio ...
''
Places
Australia
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Ravenswood, Queensland
Ravenswood is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Ravenswood had a population of 297 people.
It is historically and currently a gold mining town.
Geography
The Flinders Hi ...
, a town
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Ravenswood Mining Landscape and Chinese Settlement Area
Ravenswood Mining Landscape and Chinese Settlement Area is a heritage-listed former mining town and archaeological site on the reserve bounded by School Street, Cemetery Road, Railway Street and Burdekin Falls Dam Road, Ravenswood, Queensland, ...
, a heritage-listed area within the town
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Ravenswood, Tasmania
Ravenswood is an eastern suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
History
Ravenswood, first settled in the early 19th century, began as a small farming community. The area’s name is believed to derive from a property owned by David McGown on ...
, suburb of Launceston, Tasmania
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Ravenswood, Victoria
Ravenswood is a locality in north central Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the City of Greater Bendigo and Mount Alexander Shire local government areas, north of the state capital, Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boo ...
, a locality near Bendigo
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Ravenswood, Western Australia
Ravenswood is a small town in the Peel region of Western Australia.
The town is located along Pinjarra Road and on the banks of the Murray River
The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray; Ngarrindjeri language, Ngarrindjeri: ''Mi ...
, a town
New Zealand
*Ravenswood Road, a road in
St Clair, a suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand
United Kingdom
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Ravenswood, Cumbernauld, the largest town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Ravenswood, Ipswich
Ravenswood is a district within Ipswich, in the Ipswich district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is sited on the old Ipswich Airport to the south-east of the town. The area has grown rapidly due to private housing development. The old air ...
, a district within the city of Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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Ravenswood, Berkshire
Ravenswood is a care village run by Norwood, a Jewish charity supporting adults with learning disabilities,https://norwood.org.uk/our-services/adult-services/ in the English county of Berkshire, part of the civil parish of Wokingham Without, adj ...
(alias Bigshot), an estate in Wokingham Without, Berkshire, England
United States
(by state)
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Ravenswood (Livermore, California) Ravenswood may refer to:
Film, TV and literature
* Ravenswood, the name of a Swedish forest in ''Beowulf'', the setting of a battle between Geats and Swedes
* ''Ravenswood'' (film), working title for an Australian thriller, starring Stephen Moyer, ...
,
listed on the NRHP in California
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The Ravenswood
The Ravenswood is a historic apartment building in Art Deco style at 570 North Rossmore Avenue in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was designed by Max Maltzman, and built by Paramount Pictures in 1930 just five block ...
, Hollywood, California, a 1930s landmark apartment building, longtime home of Mae West
*Ravenswood Winery in
Sonoma County, California
Sonoma County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 488,863. Its seat of government and largest city is Santa Rosa.
Sonoma County comprises the Santa Rosa-Petaluma ...
*The former
Ravenswood High School (East Palo Alto), operated 1958-1976
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Ravenswood, Chicago
Ravenswood is a neighborhood located on the North Side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. Lacking designation as one of Chicago's 77 well-defined community areas, it is mostly situated in the Lincoln Square community area, with the portion east ...
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Ravenswood (Indianapolis)
Ravenswood is a neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is located on the city's north side, between 71st and 75th streets, Keystone Avenue, and the White River.
In the early 20th century, Ravenswood was a lively resort area wi ...
, Indiana, a neighborhood along the White River
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Ravenswood Place, 19th century plantation in Concordia Parish, Louisiana; belonged to the parents of the
Duchess of Manchester
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Ravenswood, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish ( or ; ) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,758. The parish seat is New Roads.
Pointe Coupee Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Metropolitan Sta ...
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Ravenswood (Bunceton, Missouri)
Ravenswood, also known as the Leonard Home, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Bunceton, Cooper County, Missouri. It was built in 1880, and is a -story, eclectic Italianate/ Second Empire style brick mansio ...
, listed on the NRHP in Missouri
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Ravenswood, Queens
Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, Sunnyside to the southeast, an ...
, in Queens, New York
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Ravenswood (Brentwood, Tennessee)
Ravenswood is a historic property in Brentwood, Tennessee. Ravenswood was built by James Hazard Wilson II between 1821 and 1825. It was named to honor Sam Houston, the best man at Wilson's wedding. Houston was known as "the Raven" to the Cherokee ...
, listed on the NRHP in Tennessee
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Ravenswood, West Virginia
Ravenswood is a city in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 3,865 at the 2020 census.
Etymology
Two differing stories tell of the naming of Ravenswood. One story tells that the town was origin ...
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Ravenswood Generating Station
Ravenswood Generating Station is a 2,480 megawatt power plant in Long Island City in Queens, New York City, owned and operated by LS Power/ Helix Energy Solutions Group. Originally fuelled by coal, the plant has been fueled primarily by fuel oi ...
, including "Big Allis", in Queens, New York
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Ravenswood Nuclear Power Plant
The Ravenswood Nuclear Power Plant was proposed in 1962 by the Consolidated Edison (Con Ed) electric utility for the Ravenswood Generating Station site in Long Island City, New York. To be completed in 1970, the facility was to be the largest nuc ...
an unbuilt proposal for a nuclear power plant at Ravenswood
*Ravenswood Line, former name of the
Brown Line of the Chicago "L" system
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Ravenswood station
Ravenswood is a railroad station on the North Side of Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific North Line. It is located at 4800 North Ravenswood Avenue, just south of West Lawrence Avenue. A previous Ravenswood station was located at Wilson Aven ...
, a Chicago Metra railroad station
Schools
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Ravenswood School (disambiguation), several schools
Prizes
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Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize
Ravenswood School for Girls (often referred to as Ravenswood or Ravo) is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for Prep to Year 12 girls, situated in Gordon, an Upper North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
E ...
, a group of art prizes
See also
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Ravenwood (disambiguation)
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Ravenswood Historic District (disambiguation) Ravenswood Historic District may refer to:
* East Ravenswood Historic District, Chicago, IL, listed on the NRHP in Illinois
* Ravenswood Manor Historic District, Chicago, IL, listed on the NRHP in Illinois
* Ravenswood "Old Town" Historic District ...
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