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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claife like this:
CLAIFE, a township in Hawkeshead parish, Lancashire; on the E side of Esthwaite-water, 2 miles SE of Hawkeshead. Acres, 5, 310. Real property, £3, 688. Pop., 540. Houses, 103.
Claife is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Claife itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Claife, in Westmorland and Furness and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10044
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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