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Clifton, Derbyshire

Village in Derbyshire, England

Summary

Village in Derbyshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
map_type	Derbyshire
official_name	Clifton
civil_parish	Clifton and Compton
population	500
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	Derbyshire Dales
shire_county	Derbyshire
region	East Midlands
post_town	ASHBOURNE
postcode_district	DE6
postcode_area	DE
os_grid_reference	SK165448

Clifton is a village in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The village is situated about 1.2 miles (2 km) south west of Ashbourne, and is close to the border with Staffordshire. The appropriate civil parish is called Clifton and Compton. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 500.

History and notable buildings

Margery Bower is a round barrow assumed to date from the Bronze Age. It lies on the southern side of the village on the road to Snelston.

Clifton Hall was built in the late 18th century, altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It stands close to the centre of the village on Chapel Lane at .

Holy Trinity church was designed by Henry Isaac Stevens of Derby, and built in 1845. Opposite the church stands the Cock Inn public house.

The village formerly had a railway station, opened in 1852 as Clifton and renamed in 1893 as Clifton (Mayfield), on a branch of the North Staffordshire Railway between Rocester and Ashbourne. Passenger services ended in 1954 with the line closing for freight services in 1964.

Local facilities

Education and recreational facilities in and around the village include:

Clifton Primary School
Clifton recreation ground
Clifton Cricket club
Ashbourne Golf Course

In March 2014, the village was noted in media as the first site for the 'Speedy Shop', an automated retailing solution for small communities designed and manufactured locally. The shop provides a wide range of supplies to the village using a unique automated machine styled like a traditional village store. It was the invention of local entrepreneur Peter Fox and colleague Dave Russell.

Role in Ashbourne shrovetide football

At the site of the old corn mill lies a stone which acts as the Down'ards goal in the annual traditional Royal Shrovetide Football match. There are two adjacent stone markers, the old and the new.

Gallery

Image:Clifton Village - geograph.org.uk - 375099.jpg|The village Image:Clifton Church - geograph.org.uk - 372707.jpg|Clifton Church Image:Clifton recreational ground - geograph.org.uk - 360297.jpg|Clifton recreation ground Image:Ashbourne Golf Course, near Clifton - geograph.org.uk - 358581.jpg|Ashbourne Golf Course, near Clifton Image:Plaque on the Clifton Goal - geograph.org.uk - 1223916.jpg|Plaque on the Clifton Goal Image:The "New" Clifton Goal - geograph.org.uk - 1223912.jpg|The "New" Clifton Goal

References

"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
Gill Stroud. (2001). "Derbyshire Extensive Urban Survey - Architectural Assessment Report - Ashbourne".
British Listed Buildings. "Clifton Hall and attached wall and railings - Clifton and Compton".
British Listed Buildings. "Church of the Holy Trinity - Clifton and Compton".
Butt, R.V.J.. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations". Patrick Stephens Ltd.
(21 March 2014). "Large vending machine for Derbyshire village with no shop".

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