Ratcliffe-on-Soar

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Ratcliffe-on-Soar
Village and civil parish
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Ratcliffe-on-Soar
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area1.77 sq mi (4.6 km2)
Population147 (2021)
  Density 83/sq mi (32/km2)
OS grid reference SK 495295
  London 105 mi (169 km)  SSE
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district NG11
Dialling code 01509
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
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52°51′14″N1°15′50″W / 52.854°N 1.264°W / 52.854; -1.264

Ratcliffe-on-Soar, sometimes written Ratcliffe-upon-Soar [1] or Radcliffe-on-Soar, [2] is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire on the River Soar.

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Geography

It is part of the Rushcliffe district, and is the site of Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station. Nearby places are Kingston on Soar, Kegworth and Trentlock. With a population measured at 141 in the 2011 Census, [3] and marginally increasing to 147 residents at the 2021 census, [4] the parish is too small to have a parish council and so has a parish meeting. Although the village does not contain any shops, it has a church and a marina which is often affected by severe flooding as it built on designated floodplain, just before the Soar joins the River Trent at Trentlock. [5]

History

Mesolithic scrapers and Neolithic flints have been found in Ratcliffe-on-Soar. [6]

Ratcliffe is one of three nearby settlements whose name preserves the Brittonic word for "ramparts" (cf. Gaelic rath ), along with Ratby and the Roman ruins at Leicester, known as Ratae Corieltauvorum. [7]

Evidence of a Roman villa and other structures has been found in the village, as well as Roman pottery. [8]

In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village is listed as Radeclive. [9] It's also thought the name comes from references to the red clay along the cliffs of the Soar. [10]

The area was a filming location for the 2010 movie Skeletons.

Economy

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station was the last coal power plant in the UK, closing on 30 September 2024.

Transport

The Midland Main Line runs by the village, which is served by the East Midlands Parkway railway station. A shuttle bus service runs from the railway station to East Midlands Airport. [11]

See also

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References

  1. GENUKI. "Genuki: Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. "Nottinghamshire history > Articles > Transactions of the Thoroton Society > Summer Excursion 1924: Radcliffe-on-Soar. Holy Trinity Church". www.nottshistory.org.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  4. UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Ratcliffe on Soar parish (E04007994)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  5. National Rivers Authority - The Soar Valley Improvement Scheme
  6. Archi UK
  7. Thompson, James. The History of Leicester, from the Time of the Romans to the End of the Seventeenth Century, Appendix A: RatæRoman Leicester, pp. 443 ff. J. S. Crossley (Leicester), 1849.
  8. Archi UK
  9. Archi UK
  10. "Ratcliffe on Soar :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  11. Eat Midlands Airport - By Train

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