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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clifton like this:
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.
Clifton is now part of YORK Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how YORK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clifton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clifton, in York and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12142
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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