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Rh CLIFTON. 597 CLIFTON CAMPVILLE. architecture, with u richly sculptured portico of C i- .ithian columns; it contains a fine hall, 117 feet by ., in which concerts and public meetings are held, and iiall-room, 70 feet by 30. The town is designed in idsome squares, crescents, and terraces, as Lansdowne- . tare, Comwallis and York-crescents, the Paragon, West Mall, and several broad streets, as Queen' s- jid, in which most of the public buildings are situated. this street is the Bristol Academy and School of a fine bust l>y Flaxman. It is attended by of 2,000 pupils. A college has been lately i (ted by a company styled the " Clifton College Com- i LV," with very handsome buildings, the schoolroom 1 ng one of the largest in England ; the education ( the highest character. Clifton also contains
 * Art, erected in 1857, in the Italian style, con-
 * lind asylum, in the early English stylo; Bishop's Col-

1 ft, in the Elizabethan style ; assembly-rooms, libraries, lihs, Union poorhouso, dispensaries, besides numerous ): els and boarding-houses. On Cliff Down is West's try, under which is a cave, or hermitage, 80 deep, called the Giant's Hole; and near Durdham I M-n, where is a fossiliferous bone cave, are the zoo- ardcns. Crossing the river to Leigh Woods is nit suspension bridge removed from Hunger- . i-market in 1862. The first of the wire coils, 1,100 .1 across the chasm at St. Vincent's Rocks s ) of the river, together with the anchorage, have 1'iipied between five and six months in their erection. 'i:~ temporary bridge, of which the present coil of wire is i first support, will occupy about a fortnight in comple- 1 1, and all this will be only the preliminary operation fur the men to work over the immense span < -t. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of t mcestcr and Bristol, val. with the curs, of Dowry and ! James's annexed, 782, in the patron, of Simeon's The parish church is a modern building, i led in 1822, and is calculated to accommodate 1,700 There are also the following district churches iilu's parish, all of which are perpet. curs. : St. John t Evangelist, at Redlaud, val. 110, in the patron, of r bishop; Trinity Church, in the patron, of trustees; iht Church, in the patron, of Simeon's Trustees ; and > Paul's and St. Peter's, in the patron, of the incum- i) t. The Roman Catholics have recently erected an
 * in length and weighing 2 tons, was successfully
 * rdof June, 1863. The huge stages on either
 * ant cathedral, and the Independents, 'Baptists, and

leyau Methodists have places of worship, all of h uro ornamental buildings of modern erection. S iols arc attached to most of the churches and chapels, a spacious National and British schools have recently I u built on the most approved plans. Clifton enjoys a Ihe literary advantages of a largo city from its prox- llriMol, and has one newspaper of its own, the C 'ton Chronii-le (Conservative), established in 1850, and 1 lislicd on Wednesday. Clifton is the head of a Poor- i Union and registration district, but is included in Ii-tol new County Court district. The races which t< ; place in April are discontinued. LIFTON, a bund, in the S.E. portion of the co. of contains the pars, of Clifton, Stondon, Camp- tu Henlow, Arsley, ID dwell, Stotfold, Moppershall, Shillington, and the town of Shefford. LIFTON, a par. in the hund. of Clifton, in the co. Oi iedford, 1 mile E. of Shefford, its post town, and i 1 i Higgleswade. The Great Northern railway has a -lion at Shcfford-road, and the Leicester and Hitchin u of the Midland one at Sneflbrd. It is situated on tljW. bank of the river Ivel. The living is a rect.* iioc. of Ely, val. 439, in the patron, of H. js, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a i' structure, and contains a brass dated 1528. The ities amount to 12 per annum. Henry Palmer, , is lord of the manor. Clifton Spinnies is a meet he Oakley hounds. i .IFTON, a par. in West ward, in the co. of West- land, 2.} miles S. of Peurith, its post town. The tion of the Eden Valley railway with the Lancaster and Carlisle line is here. The village is situated on an eminence commanding fine views, and there is an exten- sive pottery, but the inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Car- lisle, val. 150, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a small stone structure in the early English style. It is fitted up similar to a cathedral, and possesses some beautiful stains-glass windows. The register commences in 1675. Here are schools for both sexes with a small endowment. Clifton Moor, enclosed in 1812, is celebrated by Sir Walter Scott, in the novel of "Waverley," as the scene of a skirmish in 1745, between the troops of the Duke of Cumberland and the rebels. This circumstance is supported by an entry., in the parish register of the burial of "ten dragoons." Here is a mineral spring. The Earl of Lonsdale is lord of the manor and chief landowner. His northern residence, Lowther Castle, is close to the village. The old castellated mansion built by the Engaines is now a farmhouse. Hugh's Crag Bridge, the viaduct of the Lancaster and Carlisle lino over the river Lowther, is a noble structure. CLIFTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Ashborne, in the hund. of Morleston, in the co. of Derby, 1 mile S.W. of Ashbonie, its post town. It is bounded on the W. by the river Dove. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 85, in the patron, of the Vicar of Ashborno. The church is a modern building. There is an Independent chapel, and schools for both sexes. CLIFTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Deddington, hund. of Wootton, in the eo. of Oxford, I 1 - mile E. of Ded- dington, its post town. It is watered by the river Cher- well. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie.* of Doddington, in the dioc. of Oxford, and in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. Roman coins and pottery have been discovered here, and are preserved by a gentleman in the neighbourhood. CLIFTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Eccles, in the hund. of Salford, in the co. of Lancaster, 3 miles N.W. of Bolton, and 6 N.W. of Manchester. It is a railway station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line. The trustees of the late J. F. Fletcher, Esq., are lords of the manor. The district is hilly and contains several col- lieries and iron-mines. CLIFTON, a tnshp. in the pars, of St. Olave Mary- Gate and St. Michael-le-Belfrey, city of York. It com- prises part of the N.W. suburb of the city, and contains the county lunatic asylum, a fine edifice, under the management of Dr. S. Hill. CLIFTON, a limit, in the par. of Otley, in the upper div. of the wap. of Claro, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 2 miles N. of Otley, its post town. It is situ- ated on the river Wharfe. CLIFTON, a vil. in tho par. of Killin, in the co. of Perth, Scotland. CLIFTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Fewston, in the lower div. of the wap. of Claro, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 4 miles N. of Otley, its post town. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor. CLIFTON, a limit, in the par. of Cpnisborough, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 5 miles W. of Tick- hill. CLIFTON, or ROCK SAVAGE, a tnshp. in the par. of Ruucorn, in the hund. of Bucklow, in the co. of Chester, 2 miles N.E. of Frodsham. It is situated on the river Weaver. Here are the ruins of a fine seat of the Marquis Cholmondeley, erected by his ancestor, Sir John Savage, in 1565. CLIFTON CAMPVILLE, a par. partly in the N. div. of the hund. of Offlow, in the co. of Stafford, and partly in the hund. of Repton, in the co. of Derby, G miles N.E. of Tamworth, its post town and railway station on the London and North- Western line. It is situated on the river Mease, and includes the tnshp. of Haunton, and the chplry. of Chilcote. Previous to the Conquest it belonged to Earl Alfgar, and was subse- quently given to the Campvilles, from whom it took the suffix to its name. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, in the patron, of H. J. Pye, Esq. The tithes