Rushcliffe was a wapentake (administrative area, equivalent to a hundred) of the historic county of Nottinghamshire, England. It was in the south of the county, on the south side of the River Trent, covering the parishes of

Barton in Fabis Barton in Fabis is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire. It has a population of about 250, being measured at 266 in the 2011 Census. The village is just south of Nottingham, being on the other side of the Ri ...

, Bradmore, Bunny, Clifton with Glapton, Costock, East Leake, Edwalton, Gotham, Keyworth, Kingston on Soar,

Normanton on Soar Normanton on Soar (), formerly known as Normanton-upon-Soar and known locally as Normanton, is a village and civil parish in the south of Nottinghamshire in England near the River Soar. This historic village is home to one of the last operating ...

Plumtree A plum is a fruit of some species in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus'.'' Dried plums are called prunes. History Plums may have been one of the first fruits domesticated by humans. Three of the most abundantly cultivated species are not found i ...

Ratcliffe on Soar Ratcliffe-on-Soar is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire on the River Soar. 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 p ...

, Rempstone, Ruddington, Stanford on Soar,

Stanton-on-the-Wolds Stanton-on-the-Wolds is a small village and a civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated about 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Nottingham, just off the A606 Nottingham to Melton Mowbray road. It is bordered by several other villag ...

, Sutton Bonington,

Thorpe in the Glebe Thorpe in the Glebe was a village in Nottinghamshire to the south of Wysall on the Leicestershire border. It was sometimes called Thorpe in the Clottes. Tradition has it that the village was destroyed either at the Battle of Willoughby Fiel ...

Thrumpton Thrumpton is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 152, increasing to 165 at the 2011 census. It is located on the A453 road south-west of West Bridgford. The 13th centur ...

West Leake West Leake () is a small conservation village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire. Description Setting The parish of West Leake is 1,608 acres in total. The neighbouring parishes include Gotham, to the north; East ...

Widmerpool Widmerpool is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, about 10 miles south-south-east of Nottingham and some 7.5 miles north-east of Loughborough. It is one of Nottinghamshire's oldest settlements and is just over a mile west of the A46 ...

, Wilford, Willoughby on the Wolds and

Wysall Wysall is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is south of Nottingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 321, including Thorpe-on-the-Glebe and increasing to 431 at the 2011 census. Holy Trinity Church, ...

. Contained within the boundaries of the wapentake is the western part of the current Rushcliffe Borough and a small area of the City of Nottingham around Clifton.

Etymology

Rushcliffe means " cliff where

brushwood Brushwood can mean: * ''Melaleuca uncinata'' or Broombrush * Brushwood, New South Wales, a rural community in the central east part of the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia * Brian Brushwood Brian Allen Brushwood (born January 17, ...

grows", from

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

''hris'' "brushwood" and clif "cliff". The name was recorded as Riselclif in an undated source.

References

Rushcliffe Wapentake at Vision of Britain
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