RATCLIFFE ON SOAR: Rushcliffe Parish #1 of 59

RUSHCLIFFE PARISH #1: RATCLIFFE ON SOAR

Ratcliffe on Soar – “Red Hill on the flow of Water”

Hello Nottinghamshire, it’s time to begin the biggest district that remains in your county – Rushcliffe – and we begin proceedings with Ratcliffe on Soar. A tiny village, although it lies in the broad valley of the River Soar, Ratcliffe actually means Red Hill – a name which is still found here today thanks to a marina to the North of the settlement. In the Domesday Book, Ratcliffe was recorded as Radeclive.

Despite its small stature, a lot of boat minded people know this place thanks to the marina. The village itself hasn’t got a lot to write home about, but that doesn’t mean its disinteresting. Laid out along two streets, perpendicular to each other, Ratcliffe has less than 40 houses, all clustered around a small village green. At one end of its dead end Main Street is the church of the Holy Trinity, whose spire can clearly been seen from the A453.

There are no shops or schools here but its only a couple of miles from the Leicestershire border and the much larger Kegworth, where there are an abundance of both. Ratcliffe’s residents enjoy the peacefulness that the Soar Valley offers them – even if there is an industrial eyesore – the huge towers of the UK’s last coal fired power station, which stands close to East Midlands Parkway Railway Station.

Lets get moving everybody!

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Packhorse Bridge:
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...

Marina:
http://redhill-marina.co.uk/?page_id=86

Roman Site:
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...

Manor Farmhouse:
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...

General History:
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/tho...

Demographics:
http://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/ea...

Rightmove:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-pri...

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Brendan Perkins - “Foxsnow” (B. Perkins)
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Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)
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The Keyhouse - "Voices" (H. Flunder)
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The Keyhouse - "Circles" (H. Flunder)
   • The Keyhouse - Circles (official audio)  
Helen Flunder - "Sun" (H. Flunder)
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Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
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Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
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