Claverton, Cheshire

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Claverton
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Claverton
Location within Cheshire
Population7 (2001 census)
OS grid reference SJ4063
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHESTER
Postcode district CH4
Dialling code 01244
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53°10′08″N2°53′20″W / 53.169°N 2.889°W / 53.169; -2.889

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. [1] The parish included the site of The King's School.

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In 1086, Claverton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Cleventone. [a] The landowner was Hugh FitzOsbern. [2] With a population of 21 households, it was amongst the largest 40% of settlements recorded in the census. [3]

Throughout the nineteenth century the population was recorded as 0. [4] The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claverton as "an uninhabited extra-parochial tract in Great Boughton district". [5] In 1858 Claverton became a separate civil parish, [6] on 1 April 2015 the civil parish was abolished to form "Eaton and Eccleston". [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Possible transcription error: could be Claventone.

References

  1. ↑ "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
  2. ↑ "Cheshire A-K: Claverton". Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Claverton". Open Domesday. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Claverton". GENUKI. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "History of Claverton, in Chester and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Relationships and changes Claverton CP/ExP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 21 September 2024.

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