In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cliffe like this:
CLIFF-CUM-LUND, a township in Hemingbrough parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Selby and Hull railway, adjacent to the river Ouse, 3½ miles E of Selby. It has a station on the railway and a post-office under Howden, both of the name of Cliff. Acres, 2, 618. Real property, £4, 394. Pop., 615. Houses, 145.
Cliffe through time
Cliffe is now part of Selby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Selby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cliffe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cliffe, in Selby and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12078
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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