Great Clifton, Cumberland

Historical Description

Clifton, Great, a township in Workington parish, Cumberland, on the river Derwent, half a mile from Bridgefoot station on the Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Joint railway, and 2¼ miles E of Workington. It has a post and money order office under Workington. Acreage, 998; population, 960. The ecclesiastical parish of Clifton comprises Great and Little Clifton, and has a population of 1467. There are remains of a market cross. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £169 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Workington. The church is very good. Jeremiah Seed, the divine, was a native.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Great Clifton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Clifton, Great)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Great Clifton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)