Ratcliff
Place name, with reference.
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===Etymology and origin=== |
===Etymology and origin=== |
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The name ''Ratcliff'' derives from the small cliff that stood above the surrounding marshes, |
The name ''Ratcliff'' is first known from records of 1294, as Rede clive, and 1307 as Redeclyf. The name derives from the slop or cliff rising from the Thames to the level ground above. The reason for the derives from the small cliff that stood above the surrounding marshes, together with the epithet 'red'. It is not known why the cliff was described as red.The Place Names of Middlesex, English Place Names Society, p151 |
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Ratcliff was historically part of the [[Stepney#Manor and Ancient Parish|Manor and Ancient Parish of Stepney]]. The place name Stepney evolved from ''Stybbanhyð'', first recorded around AD 1000. ''Stybbanhyð'' probably translates into modern English as "Stybba's hithe (landing place)", with Stybba the individual who owned the Manor (estate). The hithe itself is thought to have been at Ratcliff, just under {{convert|1/2|mi|m|abbr=off|spell=in}} south of [[St Dunstan's, Stepney|St Dunstan's Church]].{{Cite web |title=Stepney: Settlement and Building to c.1700 {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol11/pp13-19 |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}} |
Ratcliff was historically part of the [[Stepney#Manor and Ancient Parish|Manor and Ancient Parish of Stepney]]. The place name Stepney evolved from ''Stybbanhyð'', first recorded around AD 1000. ''Stybbanhyð'' probably translates into modern English as "Stybba's hithe (landing place)", with Stybba the individual who owned the Manor (estate). The hithe itself is thought to have been at Ratcliff, just under {{convert|1/2|mi|m|abbr=off|spell=in}} south of [[St Dunstan's, Stepney|St Dunstan's Church]].{{Cite web |title=Stepney: Settlement and Building to c.1700 {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol11/pp13-19 |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}} |
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