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Clifton, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Clifton and Lowther), Westmorland, near river Lowther, 2½ 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.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Clifton Parish Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place: | Clifton |
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