Baron FitzHugh, of Ravensworth in North Yorkshire, is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1321 for Sir Henry FitzHugh. The title passed through the male line until the death in 1513 of George FitzHugh, 7th Baron FitzHugh, when it became abeyant between his great-aunts Alice, Lady Fiennes and Elizabeth, Lady Parr, and to their descendants living today, listed below. The family seat was Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire, situated 4.5 miles north-west of Richmond Castle, caput of the Honour of Richmond, one of the most important fiefdoms in Norman England.
Remnant of Ravensworth Castle, North Yorkshire, seat of the FitzHugh family until the 16th century
Ravensworth is a village and civil parish in the Holmedale valley, within the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-west of Richmond and 10 miles (16 km) from Darlington. The parish has a population of 255, according to the 2011 census.
Ravensworth village green with its ancient sycamore tree
Ravensworth Castle
The Bay Horse Inn, which has been a public house in the village since at least 1857
Holme Bridge, once the main bridge into the village, but since superseded
