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44 unusual facts about Clifton


Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton

In 1947 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milverton, of Lagos and of Clifton in the City of Bristol.

Charles Heathcote

He was articled to the church architects Charles Hansom, of Clifton, Bristol.

Charles Underwood

Charles Underwood (1791 – 5 March 1883, Clifton, Bristol) was a builder in Cheltenham who moved to Bristol, where he became a neo-classical architect.

Clifton Aqueduct

Clifton Aqueduct, built in 1796, carried the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal across the River Irwell in Clifton, Salford, England.

Clifton-upon-Teme

During the time of the wars with the Welsh, the manor of Clifton became established and was granted Royal Borough status by Edward III of England in 1377, allowing it to hold a weekly market on Thursdays and an annual four-day fair.

Clifton, Australia

Clifton, Queensland, town and Shire south of Toowoomba, Queensland in Australia

Clifton, Cape Town

Clifton was rated as one of the Top Ten Beaches by the cable and satellite television network Discovery Travel Channel in 2003 and 2004 and has received Blue Flag status.

Clifton, Cumbria

The civil parish of Clifton has its western boundary defined by the River Lowther, to the north and east lie the civil parishes of Brougham and Great Strickland, to the south is the civil parish of Lowther.

Clifton, Massachusetts

Clifton is an unincorporated village within the towns of Swampscott and Marblehead in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.

Clifton, Nottingham

Parliamentary, Clifton falls within the Nottingham South constituency, with Lilian Greenwood the current Member of Parliament.

The development would be tied in with a new housing estate south of Clifton, a new OAP residential estate, and a Park and Ride to serve the M1 and reduce congestion into the city along the A453.

The planned route is to follow in part the old GCR and LMS line parallel to Ruddington Lane and follow at the rear of "The Downs" on the Silverdale Estate.

The village is notable for many old buildings including Clifton Hall, and St. Mary's Church.

Clifton, Queensland

Boab trees are an important cultural heritage feature, particularly alongside the main street.

Clifton, Rotherham

Attractions include Clifton Park, a large recreational area which includes Clifton Park Museum, which re-opened in 2005 following a 2 year refurbishment costing £3 million.

Clifton, Texas

The founder of Norse was Ole Canuteson (Ole Knudsen) from the Stavanger region of Norway.

It is home to nationally recognized artists, including several members of the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America.

Clifton, West Yorkshire

There are also intriguing historical connections such as America Lane, the fever hospital and Clifton 'airport' used by Sir Alan Cobham's Air Circus between the two world wars.

It was first recorded in 1307 and also mentioned by Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, in his 1727 book 'A Tour Of Great Brittain'.

Clifton, York

St. Peter's School, an independent, co-educational secondary school was founded in the 7th century, and is the third oldest school in the world.

Clifton's Cafeteria

Brightly illuminated in the evening, it became a mecca for tourists and Angelenos alike, often being referred to in the same category as other prominent landmarks of downtown Los Angeles, such as Angels Flight, Olvera Street, and Pershing Square.

Comodo Group

is a privately held group of companies providing computer software and SSL digital certificates, based in Clifton, New Jersey, United States.

Dance hall

This photograph shows customers and staff at Hovey's Dance Hall in Clifton, Arizona, in 1884.

Edgecliff College

The college was designed to serve as a replacement for the College of Sacred Heart in Clifton, which had ceased operations.

Fabian Ware

Born at Clifton, Bristol, he attended the Universities of London and Paris, obtaining a Bachelier-es-Sciences at the latter in 1894.

Finn Atkins

Growing up in the Clifton area of Nottingham, Atkins attended Greencroft Primary School, Farnborough School and High Pavement College.

George Vassila

Vassila played a single first-class match for Middlesex in 1880 against Gloucestershire at the Clifton College Close Ground in Clifton, Bristol.

George William Callender

Callender was born at Clifton, and, after education at a Bristol school, became a medical student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 1849.

Gul Ahmed Group

The Ideas flagship store is located in the Clifton area of Karachi, with plans to establish a retail chain throughout Pakistan.

Hemlock Overlook Regional Park

Hemlock Overlook Regional Park is a small multi-use park near Clifton, Virginia which also doubles as an Outdoor Education Center operated by Adventure Links.

Henry Robert Clifton

He was the only son of the Rev. Henry Spencer Markham (1805-1844), Rector of St. Mary's Church, Clifton and Prebendary of York, and his wife Sophia Charlotte.

John Bryan State Park

The park surrounds Clifton Gorge, a deep cut of the Little Miami River between Yellow Springs and Clifton.

John le Sage

Born in Clifton, Bristol, Le Sage was the son of John Sage and his wife Elizabeth, née Godfrey; Le Sage would adopt the "Le" for his last name during middle age.

Jon Seda

Shortly after his birth, they moved to a neighborhood in Clifton, New Jersey, where he received his primary and secondary education.

Joseph Feilden

Feilden was born at Clifton, Bristol, the second son of Joseph Feilden of Witton Park, Lancashire.

Josiah Firth

Born in Clifton, West Yorkshire, England,Firth Came from a family background interested in farmimg and industrial development.

Joyce Jeffreys

Joyce Jeffreys (died 1648) of Ham Castle, Clifton-upon-Teme, Worcestershire, was a spinster and successful business woman in the second quarter of the 17th century.

Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton

Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Baronet (d 1907), of Downhill, co.

Lawrence B. Lindsey

Lindsey, his wife, Susan, and children Troy, Emily, and Thomas reside in Clifton, Virginia.

Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales

In England the fathers have three missions in the Diocese of Clifton.

Shelsleys

The Shelsleys are near the village of Clifton-upon-Teme the Teme Vally, and they encompass the three hamlets Shelsley Beauchamp, Shelsley Kings and Shelsley Walsh.

Sofia Black D'Elia

D'Elia was born in Clifton, New Jersey, to a mother who works in printing, and Anthony D'Elia, a lawyer.

William Husband

At the invitation of T. E. Blackwell, C.E., he went to Clifton to assist in some works in the Bristol docks, when he planned a bridge for the Cumberland basin.

Winston W. Royce

He retired in 1994 and died the following year at his home in Clifton, Virginia.


Bachmann's Brewery

Originally named the "Clifton Brewery", it was financed in a joint venture between Antonio Meucci and Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Castleton, Greater Manchester

The Bacup line left the Clifton Junction to Accrington line at Stubbins Junction.

Chad Clifton

Clifton's 2002 season seemed as promising as his first two until November 24 when he suffered a severe pelvic injury after receiving a blindside hit from the Tampa Bay Bucs defensive tackle Warren Sapp.

Clifton Beach, Tasmania

Clifton Beach is a town located approximately 25 km southeast of Hobart on the South Arm Peninsula on the outskirts of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Clifton Cricket Club

Clifton Cricket Club has employed such professionals as Pakistani international Mansoor Rana and Sri Lankan U19s Captain Chintaka Jayasinghe.

Clifton Down

A railway tunnel, Clifton Down Tunnel, passes underneath Clifton on the line from Temple Meads to Severn Beach.

Clifton James

George Clifton James (born May 29, 1921) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond films Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) and as the prison guard in Cool Hand Luke (1967).

Clifton–Pohl torus

While every compact Riemannian manifold is also geodesically complete (by the Hopf–Rinow theorem), this space shows that the same implication does not generalize to pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.

Dennis Clifton

After FCC disbanded, Clifton became a studio musician, playing guitar and adding background vocals for musicians in Nashville, Tennessee.

Frederick Thomson

Fred Thomson (1890–1928), American actor (also given-named Frederick Clifton)

Harold Mozingo

Harold Clifton Mozingo Jr (born March 29, 1985 in Tappahannock, Virginia) is a former Professional baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays organizations.

Henry de Nassau, Lord Overkirk

She, in turn, married Sir Robert Clifton, 5th Baronet, of Clifton Hall, MP (1690–1767), and had one daughter Frances Clifton (d 8 November 1786) who married George Carpenter, 3rd Baron Carpenter, later 1st Earl of Tyrconnel (1723–1762) and had many children.

Henry Kirke White

He received encouragement from Capel Lofft, the friend of Robert Bloomfield, and published in 1803 Clifton Grove, a Sketch in Verse, with other Poems, dedicated to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.

James Paty the Younger

James was a partner or collaborator with Thomas in building developments around Park Street and Clifton.

Kaity Rodriguez

Kaity Bettina Rodriguez (born August 8, 1984) is a beauty queen from Clifton, New Jersey who was Miss New Jersey USA 2009.

Kelham Island Quarter

The apartments of the development enjoy riverside views and occupy buildings named Clifton, Millau, and Rialto after the famous bridges.

Ken Kinnersley

Kenneth Charles Kinnersley, born at Apia, Upolu, Samoa on 13 March 1914 and died at Clifton, Bristol on 30 June 1984, played first-class cricket for Somerset in 10 matches in the 1930s.

Mark A. Clifton

Clifton is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association, the Association of the United States Army, and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.

Nottingham Express Transit

The Clifton route will go through densely populated residential areas to the south of the city, including the Meadows, Wilford/Ruddington Lane area and the Clifton Estate, to a new park and ride site serving the A453.

Pete Clifton

Clifton replaced Richard Deverell in the role, who had moved to become chief operating officer of CBBC.

Robert Juckes Clifton

Clifton was the son of Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet and his second wife Marianne Swinfen, daughter of John Swinfen of Swinfen, Staffordshire.

Shane Clifton

Clifton resides in Southwestern Sydney with his wife and children, and attends Hillsong Church.

South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway

A rival scheme, the Yorkshire & Glasgow Union Railway, left the ECML at Thirsk, crossed the Pennines to Hawes, then Kirkby Stephen, Appleby and so reached Clifton.

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Ted Thomas, Sr.

In 1967, Elder J. L. Clifton (New Community's founder) relocated to Salisbury, Maryland.

Thecodontosaurus

In the autumn of 1834, the surgeon Henry Riley and the curator of the Bristol Institution, Samuel Stutchbury, began to excavate "saurian remains" at the quarry of Durdham Down, at Clifton, presently a part of Bristol.

Tony Clifton

After a disastrous first show, where Clifton took the stage with Tony Bennett's famous "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and was summarily booed, he reappeared on the second night in riot gear amid a shower of rotten vegetables and other detritus.

Clifton disrupted the rehearsal with his antics, leading Judd Hirsch to call his agent and Jeff Conaway to storm out in anger.

Under a Cloud

Under a Cloud is a 1937 British drama film directed by George King and starring Betty Ann Davies, Edward Rigby, Bernard Clifton, Brian Buchel and Peter Gawthorne.

William John Woodhouse

Woodhouse was born at Clifton, Westmorland, England, the son of Richard Woodhouse, a station master, and his wife Mary, née Titterington.

Wilton Mall

However, officials in the Town of Clifton Park, New York convinced Boscov's to build a store at Clifton Park Center instead.