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From: John BARTHOLOMEW's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887):
'Clifton Campville, par. and township, partly in Derbyshire but chiefly in E. Staffordshire, on r. Mease, 5½ miles NE. of Tamworth -- par., 6,004 ac., pop. 867; township (in Staffordshire), pop. 494; P.O.'
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You should also see the Staffordshire Clifton-Campville parish profile.
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The nearby Swadlincote Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.
- The parish was in the Tamworth sub-district of the Tamworth Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census Year | Piece No. |
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1841 | H.O. 107 / 975 |
1851 | H.O. 107 / 2013 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2209 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
- The church was built circa 1296.
- The church is Grade I listed with British Heritage.
- Mark WALTON has a photograph of the Clifton Campville Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2007.
- Micahel GARLICK has a photograph of the Church tower and spire on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2016.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Tamworth sub-district of the Tamworth Registration District.
"CLIFTON CAMPVILLE, a parish partly in the N. division of the hundred of Offlow, in the county of Stafford, and partly in the hundred of Repton, in the county of Derby, 6 miles N.E. of Tamworth, its post town and railway station on the London and North-Western line."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]
The river Mease runs through the village. The village has a nice website which you should consult if you plan to visit.
- The transcription of the section for Clifton Campville from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin HINSON.
- You can also read the transcription of the Vision of Britain entry for Clifton Campville as written by John Marius WILSON in his "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)".
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Clifton Campville to another place.
Tevor RICKARD has a photograph of Clifton Park on Geo-graph. taken in April, 2010.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK255110 (Lat/Lon: 52.696084, -1.624121), Clifton Campville which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Michael GARLICK has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2016. The names are clearly visible.
The inscription on the War Memorial reads: "In Memory of those who died for King and Country, 1914 - 1918":
- Thomas CARTER
- Samuel Charles MOULSEY
- John RANDALL
- William Adam SIMPSON
- This place was an ancient parish on the boundary between Derby and Stafford counties and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- This parish was administered as part of Staffordshire, so many records may be in the Stafford Archive office.
- With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Tamworth Poorlaw Union.
- With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Tamworth Poorlaw Union.