Ratcliffe-on-Soar is a village and
civil parish in Nottinghamshire on the
River Soar
The River Soar () is a major tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands and is the principal river of Leicestershire. The source of the river is midway between Hinckley and Lutterworth. The river then flows north through Leicest ...
. 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 of around 100, measured at 141 in the 2011 Census, 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
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...
which is often affected by severe flooding as it built on designated
floodplain, just before the Soar joins the
River Trent at Trentlock.
History
Mesolithic
The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymous ...
scrapers and
Neolithic flints have been found in Ratcliffe-on-Soar.
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
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands.
The city l ...
, known as
Ratae Corieltauvorum.
[Thompson, James]
''The History of Leicester, from the Time of the Romans to the End of the Seventeenth Century'', Appendix A: Ratæ—Roman Leicester, pp. 443 ff
J. S. Crossley (Leicester), 1849.
Evidence of a
Roman villa and other structures has been found in the village, as well as Roman pottery.
In the
Domesday Book of 1086 the village is listed as Radeclive.
The area was a filming location for the 2010 movie
Skeletons.
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.
Eat Midlands Airport - By Train
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References
External links
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
Rushcliffe
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