Ratcliffe

Ratcliffe

Ratcliff or Ratcliffe may refer to a place or a person.

Places

;United Kingdom:
* Ratcliff, London
* Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire
* Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Leicestershire
* Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire
* Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire;United States
* Ratcliff, Arkansas

People

* Derek A. Ratcliffe (died 2005), British ecologist
* Francis Ratcliffe (1904-1970), Australian zoologist
* J. A. Ratcliffe, British ionospheric physicist and academic
* John Ratcliffe, second governor of the original Jamestown, Virginia, colony
* John W. Ratcliff, computer game developer
* Richard Ratcliffe (died 1485), English nobleman
* Richard Ratcliffe (1751 - 1825), American public official considered to be the founder of the city of Fairfax, Virginia, in 1805
* Sandy Ratcliff, British actress
* Simon Ratcliffe, of house music duo Basement Jaxx;In fiction
* Governor Ratcliffe (Disney), a fictionalized representation in the animated film "Pocahontas" of John Ratcliffe of the Jamestown colony

ee also

*Radcliffe


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  • Ratcliffe — bezeichnet folgende Ortschaften: Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire Ratcliffe ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Francis Ratcliffe (1904–1970), australischer Zoologe John Ashworth Ratcliffe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ratcliffe — Recorded in the spellings of Radcliff, Radcliffe, Ratcliffe, Radclyffe, and Radecliffe, this surname is of pre 7th century English origins. It is a locational name from the various places in England such as the villages of Ratcliffe in the… …   Surnames reference

  • Ratcliffe on the Wreake — is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire. It is just to the north of the River Wreake, opposite East Goscote.The village is small enough not to have a parish council; instead it has a parish meeting consisting of… …   Wikipedia

  • Ratcliffe Culey — is a small village near the border of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Witherley.The Gate, a popular non smoking pub is situated in Ratcliffe Culey along with a post office, greyhound kennels and an All… …   Wikipedia

  • Ratcliffe Stadium — is located on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. Opened in 1926 but renamed in 1941 after their first football coach, Emory Ratcliffe, the stadium hosted the NCAA football Raisin Bowl from 1946 through 1949 and was home to… …   Wikipedia

  • Ratcliffe, Sir Richard — (d. 1485)    In 1483, when RICHARD III usurped his nephew’s throne and thereby reopened the civil wars, Sir Richard Ratcliffe (or Radcliffe) became one of the new king’s most trusted advisors.    Born into a Lancashire GENTRY family of Yorkist… …   Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses

  • Ratcliffe College — Infobox UK school name = Ratcliffe College native name = motto = Legis Plenitudo Charitas (Charity is the fulfilment of the law) established =1845 address = city =Ratcliffe upon Wreake state =Leicestershire country =England campus = type… …   Wikipedia

  • Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station — Infobox UK power station static static image caption= Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station os grid reference=SK501300 latitude=52.865268 longitude= 1.254963 country=England region=East Midlands shire county=Nottinghamshire operator= E.ON fuel= Coal… …   Wikipedia

  • Ratcliffe-on-Soar — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 52.86 longitude= 1.27 mRatcliffe 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.… …   Wikipedia

  • Ratcliffe — /ˈrætklɪf/ (say ratklif) noun Francis Noble, 1904–70, Australian naturalist, born in India …  

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