South Clifton

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South Clifton
Nottinghamshire
South Clifton village approach - geograph.org.uk - 1712265.jpg
Location
Grid reference: SK821704
Location: 53°13’23"N, 0°46’14"W
Data
Population: 326  (2011)
Post town: Newark
Postcode: NG23
Local Government
Council: Newark and Sherwood
Parliamentary
constituency:
Newark

South Clifton is a village in the north-east of Nottinghamshire, on the west side of the tidal reach of the River Trent, about ten and a half miles north of Newark-on-Trent.

The parish church is the Church of St George the Martyr.

In 2011, the parish had a population of 326.

The name "Clifton" means 'Cliff farm/settlement'.[1]

History

North and South Clifton are recorded in the Domesday Book as Cliftone/Cliftune/Cli(s)tone.

South Clifton was a township in the parish of North Clifton,[2] it became a separate parish in 1866. On the 25th of March 1885 an area of Marnham parish was transferred to the parish.[3]

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