Claverton, Cheshire
Claverton is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Eaton and Eccleston, in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 it had a population of 7. The parish included the site of The King's School.
In 1086, Claverton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Cleventone. The landowner was Hugh FitzOsbern. With a population of 21 households, it was amongst the largest 40% of settlements recorded in the census.
Throughout the nineteenth century the population was recorded as 0. The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claverton as "an uninhabited extra-parochial tract in Great Boughton district". In 1858 Claverton became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 2015 the civil parish was abolished to form "Eaton and Eccleston".
Notes
- ^ Possible transcription error: could be Claventone.
References
- ^ "Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Chester". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009
- ^ "Cheshire A-K: Claverton". Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Claverton". Open Domesday. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Claverton". GENUKI. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "History of Claverton, in Chester and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Claverton CP/ExP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
External links
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