Upwood - Upehude (xi cent.), Upwude (xiii cent.), Upwode (xiv-xvii cent.)

Upwood appears in the chronicles of Ramsey Abbey as the home of its founder Earl Ailwine. It had been given to Ailwine with the fisheries of the neighbouring streams by King Edgar. On Ailwine's death in 992 Upwood (and Raveley) were given to Ramsey Abbey, in whose hands it remained until the Dissolution, whereupon it was granted to Sir Richard Williams (alias Cromwell). In 1649 Sir Oliver Cromwell, Henry his brother and various members of the family joined in selling the manor of Upwood to Stephen Pheasant of Grays Inn, London. The manor remained in the Pheasant family until 1723 when it came into the hands of Leman Hutchins. It passed through the Hutchins family until, by marriage, it came into the ownership of Capt. Richard Bickerton, whose son, also named Richard, had a distinguished naval career as second in command under Nelson, 1804–5. The manor then passed into the Hussey and Moubray families until it was sold, along with the manor house, Upwood House, in 1919 - 1920.

Little Raveley - Roflea, Raeflea, Rafflea, Raffley (x cent.), Parva Ravele, Ravele Minor (xiii cent.)

Little Raveley was an outlying hamlet of Wistow and was granted to Ramsey Abbey by St. Oswald, Archbishop of York. It is not specifically mentioned in the Domesday Survey, but was included in the 9 hides entered under Wistow.
When Ramsey Abbey was dissolved in 1539 the manor was granted to Sir Richard Williams (alias Cromwell). The Cromwells held the manor until they became impoverished during the Civil Wars. About 1667 it passed to Lord Sandwich. It was sold in December 1889 by Lord Sandwich to the Fellowes family, in whose ownership it remains to this day.