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RATCLIFFE-UPON-SOAR, a parish in the district of Shardlow and county of Nottingham; on the Midland railway, and on the river Soar, adjacent to the confluencewith the Trent, at the boundary with Derbyshire, 1½mile N of Kegworth r. station, and 8¼ S W by S of Nottingham. Post-town, Kegworth, under Derby. Acres, 970. Real property, £2,045. Pop., 165. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Earl Howe. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £100. Patron, Earl Howe. The church is old, was repaired in 1859, and has a square tower with octagonal spire. There is a freeschool.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Ratcliffe on Soar AP/CP Nottinghamshire AncC |
Place: | Ratcliffe on Soar |
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