Radcliffe on Trent

In 1876 the parish had a Library and a Reading Room.

• Radcliffe-on-Trent Library
• New Road
• Nadciffe-on-Trent, NTT, NG12 2AJ
• Tele: 0115 933 2312

The Library at Nottingham will prove useful in your research.

• Pamela PRIESTLAND (Ed.), "Radcliffe on Trent, 1710-1837", 340 pages, Publ. 1990 by Ashbracken, ISBN 978-1-872356-01-3.
   
• Pamela PRIESTLAND (Ed.), "Radcliffe on Trent, 1837-1920", Publ. 1989 by Ashbracken, ISBN 978-1-872356-00-6.

• A Cemetery of one acre was formed in 1869 on Vicarage Lane. Two acres were added in 1907.
   
• The Cemetery was administered by the Parish Council.
   
• If you have a headstone photograph, you can upload it to the Radcliffe Cemetery webpage supported by Find-A-Grave.
   

• The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
   
• The church was constructed in the 13th century (and may have been dedicated to The Holy Trinity).
   
• Neglect of the old church caused continuing decay and the spire collapsed in November, 1792, into the main body of the church.
   
• The old church was thoroughly restored and reseated in 1850.
   
• The old church chancel was rebuilt in 1855.
   
• The church was rebuilt in 1879 and rededicated to Saint Mary. Many did not like the look of the new church, due to its French and German features.
   
• Small renovations continued in the early 20th century.
   
• The church seats 730.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2011.
   
• David HALLAM-JONES also has a photograph of St. Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2013.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1632 and is in good condition. Bishops' Transcripts go back to 1625. Few entries include more than the names and dates of those married, baptised or buried.
   
• The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1626 - 1831.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Bingham.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1796 and replaced it with a new facility in 1839.
   
• The Primitive Methodists came in 1816 but disappeared around 1838. In 1864 they rebounded and purchased the Independents' chapel on Shelford Road, replacing it with a larger building in 1893.
   
• Tim HEATON has a photograph of the Methodist Church from 1893 on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2008.
   
• David HALLAM-JONES has a photograph of St Anne's Catholic Church on New Road on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2013.
   

• The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

Radcliffe-on-Trent is a parish and extensive village on the south bank of the RIver Trent, 122 miles north of London and 6 miles south-east of Nottingham city. The parish covers 1,925 acres.

The village hosts many sporting events. If you are planning a visit:

• David HALLAM-JONES has a photograph of the Village Sign in front of the Co-operative Supermarket on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2013.
   
• The National Express scheduled coach network may be the best way to travel there. See BritInfo for more information.
   
• There is a railway station here for service out of Nottingham to Grantham.
   
• And you may be interested in the web site of the Radcliffe-on-Trent Lifesaving Club.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Radcliffe on Trent to another place.

John BOOT, the founder of the pharmacy chain Boots, was born in Radcliffe in 1815.

• Tim HEATON has a photograph of the Whipping Post on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2008.
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Horse Chestnut pub. on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2010.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Manvers Arms on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2009.
   
• Mat FASCIONE also has a photograph of the Manvers Arms on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2016.

• Kate JEWELL has a photograph of the The Black Lion pub. on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2013.
   

• Kate JEWELL also has a photograph of the Royal Oak on Main St. on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2013.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK645388 (Lat/Lon: 52.942724, -1.041629), Radcliffe on Trent which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• The new County Asylum was opened here (actually in Saxondale parish) in July, 1908 and was enlarged in 1912.
   
• This facility was also used for military mental patients from July 1918 to 30 August, 1919.
   
• Laxcombe Auxiliary Hospital for Officers was located here during World War One.
   
• It is unknown what patient records may exist in the Archives office. Administrative and accounting records are normally all that is archived and some photographs may exist.
   
• The Hospital closed in December, 1988 and the grounds have been redeveloped as a housing area called Upper Saxondale.

• In 1881, E Company of the 2nd Notts Rifle Volunteers were housed here. L. M. PARKINSON was the captain-commandant.
   
• In 1912 and 1914, Colonel Charles Wilfred BIRKIN resided here in Lamcote House with his wife Claire HOWE. They were the parents of the horror story author Sir Charles Lloyd BIRKIN (born 24 September 1907).
   
• Tim HEATON has a photograph of the War Memorial in front of St. Mary's Church, on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2008.
   
• David HALLAM-JONES also has a photograph of the War Memorial in front of St. Mary's Church, on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2013.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has an even better photograph of the War Memorial in front of St. Mary's Church, on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2016.
   
• Ian S. has a close-up of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2020.
   

The War Memorial is at the east end of the churchyard. It was unveiled in April 1921 by Col Charles BIRKIN, who had served in France. The names of 61 men are recorded on this memorial. You would be well-served to visit the Radcliffe-on-Trent WWI website.

The names on the memorial are:

1. Matthew Baggley
2. William Henry Barratt
3. Horace Beet
4. Edward Upton Bell
5. Sidney Bell
6. Bertie Bemrose
7. Ernest Bemrose
8. Percy Bemrose
9. Gordon Peniston Berridge
10. Thomas Birkby
11. George Harry Blatherwick
12. Robert Hugh Blatherwick
13. George Brewster
14. William Robert Brice
15. Frederick Brown
16. Thomas Alfred Buggins
17. Benjamin Carlin
18. Arthur Clarke
19. Percy Cyril Cox
20. Frank Barratt Daniels
21. Walter Dawson
22. Percy Draper
23. Walter Draper
24. Walter Dyson
25. Ernest Taylor Eastwood
26. Samuel Eaton
27. Robert Samuel Hallam
28. James Harris
29. Ernest Howard
30. Joseph William Hull
31. Leslie Toyne Hyde
32. Cecil Ismay Wakley Ingram
33. Percy Thomas Kitchen
34. William Thomas Lodge
35. Frederick George Malsom
36. John Henry Martin
37. Clarence James Moody
38. Alvin Henry Newbury
39. Sydney Eldridge Newbury
40. George Andrew Henderson Nowell
41. Edgar Gale Julian Nowell
42. John Nowell
43. Bernard Osborne
44. John Ould
45. Thomas William Packwood
46. Samuel Parkes
47. Thomas Alfred Peck
48. Charles Wightman Pike
49. John William Richards
50. William Henry Ritter
51. William Roberts
52. Leonard William Rushmore
53. George James Shephard
54. Daniel Smith
55. John Vellum Stafford
56. Bertie Francis Todd
57. Lawrence Charles Turner
58. Charles Tytherley
59. Alfred James Upton
60. William Cyril Vickerstaff
61. Henry Voce

The name is often misspelled as "Ratcliffe", even by indexers. While there IS a "Ratcliffe" in Nottinghamshire, this is NOT it.

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Bingham Wapentake (Hundred) in the eastern division of the county.
   
• You can contact the Radcliffe-on-Trent Parish Council regarding civic or political matters. Alas, they do not have the staff to assist with family history searches.
   
• District governance is provided by the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bingham petty session hearings every other Thursday.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1789.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Population
1801	761
1851	1,273
1861	1,371
1871	1,340
1881	1,704
1901	2,093

• A National School was built here in 1870 by Earl Manvers and enlarged in 1876.
   
• Today, the parish sports a modern secondary school as well. Dayncourt School was built in 1957. It is now called the "South Nottinghamshire Academy".
   
• The Nottinghamshire Archives has the "Gandy family papers" on schooling in Radcliffe.

In the 19th century, this village had an active Gardening Society with an annual Flower Show.