Radclive

Radclive
Buckinghamshire
Radclive Manor
Location
Location:	52°0’4"N, 1°-0’58"W
Data
Population:	231  (2011)
Post town:	Buckingham
Postcode:	MK18
Dialling code:	01280
Local Government
Council:	Buckinghamshire
Parliamentary constituency:	Buckingham

Radclive is a village and ancient parish on the River Great Ouse in the Buckingham Hundred of Buckinghamshire, just over a mile west of Buckingham itself. The civil parish is called Radclive-cum-Chackmore, even though the parish of Radclive has always included the hamlet of Chackmore.

Radclive's toponym is derived from the Old English for "red cliff", referring to the colour of the local soil and a cliff overlooking the river. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Radeclive.

Parts of the Church of England parish church of Saint John the Evangelist date from 1200 but the tower is believed to be 100 years later. There are some rare early English pews decorated with poppy heads, and a Jacobean communion rail with openwork balustrading. The nave window contains some examples of 14th-century stained glass that survived both the Reformation and Civil War.

The Manor House was built in about 1620 and is the remaining part of a much larger mansion. The house contains an original oak staircase which has an open balustrade with finial topped ovals and lozenges, very similar in design to the staircase at Princes Risborough Manor House.

References

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