Clifton with Glapton, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Clifton-with-Glapton, a village and a parish in Notts, on the river Trent, 1½ mile ESE of Beeston railway station, and 4 miles SW of Nottingham. The parish includes the hamlet of Garbythorpe, and has a post office under Nottingham; money order and telegraph office, Ruddington. Acreage, 1921; population, 391; of the ecclesiastical parish, 365. Clifton Hall is the seat of the Clifton family, who are lords of the manor and sole landowners. Gypsum and spar are found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £500 with residence. The church is ancient, cruciform, and good, and has monuments and four brasses of the Cliftons. A small college for priests was founded here in the time of Edward IV. by Sir Robert Clifton. There are almshouses, founded in 1709, for five aged widows, with about £40 a year.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Nottinghamshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Clifton St. Mary | |
Poor Law union | Basford | |
Wapentake | Rushcliffe |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Clifton with Glapton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Clifton (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Nottinghamshire newspapers online:
- Nottingham Evening Post
- Nottinghamshire Guardian
- Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties
- Nottingham Gazette, and Political, Literary, Agricultural & Commercial Register for the Midland Counties
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614 is available on the Heraldry page.