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Revision as of 07:29, 15 June 2021
Ratcliff is an area in East London and is part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on the north bank of the River Thames. It was once a hamlet in the historic county of Middlesex.[1]
Etymology
Ratcliff name is from a sandstone cliff. This used to be above the surrounding marshes. This had a red appearance. Hence Red-cliffe.
History
As a hamlet
Ratcliffe was known for shipbuilding.[1] It was a important sea departure area. In the sixteenth century. Such as [Hugh Willoughby] and Martin Frobisher.[1] Ratcliffe at this time also had the largest population in Stepney. Having 3500 residents.[1]
Around 1669. Almost 200 Presbyterians were worshipping inside a warehouse in Ratcliffe. There was a purpose built Quaker meeting house in Schoolhouse Lane that had been built near the same time.[2]
Destruction
Ratcliff is the site of one of London biggest fires in 1794. It began at Clovers Barge Yard. The flames quickly spread to a nearby barge loaded with saltpetre. This was a substance used to make gunpowder and matches. This exploded. Causing the fire to spread and destroying Ratcliff.[2]
As part of Limehouse
Ratcliffe was divided between the parishes of Limehouse and Stepney until 1866. It was constituted a separate civil parish. It was then administered by Limehouse District Board of Works. In 1900 it joined the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.[3]
The Stepney Poor Union had it main offices and casual wards in Ratcliff, until the building was turned into a children’s home in 1909.[3] This was on York Street West, later 45A Barnes Street.[4]
As the warehouses fell into decline with the closing of the Port of London. They were not allowed to stand and were cleared for redevelopment.[4]
Transport
The D3 and N550 serve The Highway and at Free Trade Wharf.[5].
More information here
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Archived copy. Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved on 2005-12-15. accessed 20 April 2008
- ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22739 accessed 21 April 2008
- ↑ Archived copy. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. accessed 20 April 2008
- ↑ http://www.godfreydykes.info/The%20lost%20village%20of%20Ratcliff.htm%20(2013_11_05%2019_40_34%20UTC).html
- ↑ [tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490007010E/free-trade-wharf Free Trade Wharf].