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"CLIFTON, or ROCK-SAVAGE, a township in the parish of RUNCORN, hundred of BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, 2¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Frodsham, containing 26 inhabitants. This place has been called Rock-Savage since the erection of a splendid mansion by Sir John Savage, in 1565. The township comprises only the manorial mansion and its demesne land, now in the possession of the Marquis of Cholmondeley, who enjoys also the title of Earl of Rock-Savage." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Clifton (also known as Rocksavage) was a township in Runcorn ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 5279), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- In 1936 the civil parish was abolished to become part of Sutton (near Runcorn).
- It includes the hamlets of Beechwood, Clifton, Palace Fields (south) and Southgate (part).
- The population was 28 in 1801, 30 in 1851, and 213 in 1901.
For the period after 1936, see Sutton (near Runcorn)
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- 1936 April 1 — Abolished and divided between Runcorn (14 acres, pop. 0 in 1931) and Sutton (near Runcorn) (643 acres, pop. 178 in 1931)
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