Nottinghamshire

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Ratcliffe on Soar

"Ratcliffe-upon-Soar is a small village and parish, near the junction of the Soar and the Trent navigation, 9 miles south west of Nottingham. It has 183 inhabitants, and 1,200 acres ofland, belonging to Earl Howe, who is lord of the manor, impropriator, and patron of the vicarage, which is valued in the King's books at £10 11s 3d, now £71., and is now in the imcumbency of the Rev. Jno. Jas. Vaughan. It has been augmented with land at Misson, purchased with Queen Anne's bounty. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an ancient building with nave, side aisles and tower. In the chancel are several monuments of the Sacheverell family, who had a large manor house here, but it was pulled down in 1719, except the dining room, which is now used as a barn by Mrs Hickinbotham. In 1852 a National School was created here by Lord Howe, who is also the sole supporter."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

• The parish was in the Castle Donington sub-district of the Shardlow Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Castle Donington sub-district of the Shardlow Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 4929.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey "Explorer" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Rushcliffe Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Shardlow Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Population
1801	156
1811	169
1821	168
1831	177
1841	224
1851	146
1871	151
1881	146
1891	135
1901	142

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