Bartholomew’s Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887) page 169 left column

Click on the image for a larger version suitable for printing.


HOME PAGE ... REFERENCE PAGE ...THIS GAZETTEER’S PAGE


2. Clifford, vil., 3¼ miles NAY. of Tadcaster, E. div.
West-Riding Yorkshire; P.O.; has flax mills. See
Clifford cum Boston.

Clifford Chambers, par., E. Gloucestershire, 2 miles
S. of Stratford-on-Avon, 2500 ac., pop. 378; P.O.

Clifford cum Boston, township, Bramham par.,
E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Wharfe, 3¼
miles NW. of Tadcaster, 1619 ac. (26 water), pop. 2604.

Cliffs End, N. extremity of Colwell Bay, AY. coast
Isle of Wight, 2 miles SW. of Yarmouth.

Cliffs End, Great and Little, 2 hamlets, St Lawrence
par., E. Kent, on Pegwell Bay, 3 m. SW. of Ramsgate.

Clifton.—hundred, SE. Bedfordshire, 19,949ac., pop.
12,202; contains 8 pars.—2. Clifton, par., SE. Bed-
fordshire, near r. Ivel, 4¼ miles SW. of Biggleswade, 1420
ac., pop. 1458; P.O.—3. Clifton, or Rocksavagc, town-
ship, Runcorn par., W. Cheshire, 2 miles NE. of Frods-
ham, 645ac., pop. 203.—4. Clifton, ry. sta., 2m. SW.of
Ashborne, N. Derby; p. o. See Clifton with Compton.
—5. Clifton, ancient vil., S. Devon, now forming part
of Dartmouth bor.: which see.—6. Clifton, watering-
place and par. with ry. sta., forming AY. suburb and
part of the pari, and mun. bor. of Bristol, AY. Glou-
cestershire, pop. 22,915, 4 Banks; is situated on the
sides and summit of lofty cliffs overhanging the Avon,
and rising in St Vincent Rocks to the height of 308 ft.
The river, which is here navigable, is crossed by a mag-
nificent suspension bridge, designed by Brunei; it has a
span of 702 ft., and the roadway is 245 ft. above high-
water. The once celebrated hot springs, to which, in
the beginning of the 18th century, the place owed its
rise, are no longer frequented. C. College, a proprietary
grammar-school, giving education to 550 boys, has a high
reputation. On C. Down are remains of ancient earth-
works.—7. Clifton, township and ry. junc., Ecclespar.,
SE. Lancashire, on Bury and Bolton Canal, 4 m. NAY. of
Manchester, 1194 ac. (35 water), pop. 2578; has coal
mines; in vicinity of sta. are C. House and C. Hall.
—8. Clifton, hamlet, Stannington par., S. Northum-
berland, 3 miles S. of Morpeth.—9. Clifton, vil., inco.
and 4 miles SW. of Nottingham; P.O. See Clifton
with Glapton.—10. Clifton, hamlet, in par. and 1
mileE. of Deddington, N. Oxford.
—II. Clifton, 2 miles
NE. of Rugby, N. Warwick; P.O. See Clifton upon
Dunsmore.—12. Clifton, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Clifton
and Lowther), Westmorland, near river Lowther, 2¼
miles SE. of Penrith, 1782 ac., pop. 393; P.O. C. Hall,
the ancient turreted mansion, is now a farmhouse.
Clifton Moor was the scene of a skirmish in 1745between
Prince Charles Stuart and the Duke of Cumberland.
—13. Clifton, township, St Olave Mary Gate and
St Michael-le-Belfry pars., North-Riding Yorkshire,
NW. of and partly in York pari, bor., 1582 ac.,
pop. 6037; P.O.—14. Clifton, hamlet, Conisbrough
par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles NW. of
Tickhill.—15. Clifton, vil., Dewsbury par., N. div.
AYest-Riding Yorkshire, 4¼ miles N. of Huddersfield,
2207 ac., pop. 2181; P.O.—16. Clifton, hamlet, Otley
par., West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles NW. of Otley.
See Newall with Clifton.—17. Clifton, township,
AYest-Riding Yorkshire. See Clifton with Norwood.

Clifton, vil., Killin par., W. Perthshire, ¼ mile N.
of Tyndrum sta.

Clifton.—seat, N. co. Down, 3 miles NE. of Belfast.
—2. Clifton, seat, 1 mile SE. of Athboy, W. co. Meath.
—3. Clifton, hamlet, NE. co. Galway, 3 miles W. of
Dunamon ry. sta.

Clifton, Great, township, in par. and 2¼ miles E. of
AVorkington, W. Cumberland, on river Derwent, 989
ac. (20 water), pop. 974; p.o.

Clifton, Little, township, in par. and 3¼ miles SE.
of AAtorkington, Cumberland, pop. 489.

Clifton, North, par., S. Notts, on river Trent, 12
m. N. of Newark, 5050 ac., pop. 892; contains the vils. of
C. North, pop. 181; P.O.; andC. South, pop. 270 ; P.O.

Clifton and Lowther, ry. sta., 2¼ miles SE. of Pen-
rith, AVestmorland. See Clifton.

Clifton Bridge, ry. sta., W. Gloucestershire, 3 miles
SAY. of Bristol.

Clifton Campvillc, par. and township, partly in
Derbyshire but chiefly in E. Staffordshire, on r. Mease,
5¼ miles NE. of Tamworth—par., 6004 ac., pop. 867;
township (in Staffordshire), pop. 494 ; P.O.


Click on the image to get a large bitmap suitable for printing (45 MB)

Page 168 right column ... Page 169 right column

This page is written in HTML using a program written in Python 3.2, and image-to-HTML-text by ABBYY FineReader 11 Professional Edition.