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

• List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies