The Ravine

Northernmost of the scores and originally known as Gunton Score probably because of its proximity to the boundary with that parish. It seems to have become “The Ravine” at some point during the latter part of the 19th century - perhaps coinciding with the creation of Belle Vue Park, which opened in 1874 on having been created as a public amenity from part of the old North Common. 

The name has poetic tones to it and fits well with the Victorian sense of romanticism attaching to landscape, and the construction of the Jubilee Bridge (opened in 1887) to mark Queen Victoria’s fifty years on the the throne would have increased its appeal further. In practical, everyday terms, the score would have been used as a means of going to and from the Denes, at their northern end - both for people on foot and those engaged in driving horses and carts CREDIT:David Butcher