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CLIFTON, a hamlet in Hartshead chapelry, W. R. Yorkshire; 4¼ miles N of Huddersfield. It contains Kirklees; and has a post office under Normanton, several collieries, a chapel of ease of 1860, and an endowed school. Pop., 1,873. Houses, 389.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Clifton |
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