Claverton,_Cheshire

Claverton, Cheshire

Claverton, Cheshire

Human settlement in England

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. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Eaton and Eccleston.[2]

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In 1086, Claverton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Cleventone.[lower-alpha 1] The landowner was Hugh FitzOsbern.[3] With a population of 21 households, it was amongst the largest 40% of settlements recorded in the census.[4]

Throughout the nineteenth century the population was recorded as 0.[2] The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claverton as "an uninhabited extra-parochial tract in Great Boughton district".[5]

Notes

  1. Possible transcription error: could be Claventone.

References

  1. [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. [2]
    "CLAVERTON". GENUKI. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Cheshire A-K: Claverton". Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. [4]
    Powell-Smith, Anna. "Claverton". Open Domesday. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. [5]
    "History of Claverton, in Chester and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

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