Claverton | |
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Boundary stone | |
Location within Cheshire | |
Population | 7 (2001 census) |
OS grid reference | SJ4063 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CHESTER |
Postcode district | CH4 |
Dialling code | 01244 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Claverton is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Eaton and Eccleston, in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 it had a population of 7.[1] The parish included the site of The King's School.
In 1086, Claverton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Cleventone.[a] The landowner was Hugh FitzOsbern.[2] With a population of 21 households, it was amongst the largest 40% of settlements recorded in the census.[3]
Throughout the nineteenth century the population was recorded as 0.[4] The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claverton as "an uninhabited extra-parochial tract in Great Boughton district".[5] In 1858 Claverton became a separate civil parish,[6] on 1 April 2015 the civil parish was abolished to form "Eaton and Eccleston".[4]
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