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CLIFTON, a township in St. Olave-Mary-Gate parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ouse and the York and Newcastle railway, 1¼ mile NW of York. Real property, £9, 081. Pop., 2, 659. Houses, 407. The York work-house and the pauper lunatic asylum for the east and north ridings, are here. -A chapelry of Clifton was constituted in 1867. Pop., 1, 700. The living is a p. curacy. Value, £150. Patrons, Trustees.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Clifton |
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