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unusual facts about Clifton, West Yorkshire


Josiah Firth

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


Alan Kernaghan

Born in Otley, West Yorkshire, England, at the age of four, he moved with his family to Bangor, County Down.

All Saints' Church, Harewood

All Saints' Church, Harewood is a 15th-century redundant church standing in the park of Harewood House, the seat of the Earls of Harewood, near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England.

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.

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.

Chloe Procter

Despite being American, Chloe is actually from Leeds in West Yorkshire and attends her local high school, Bruntcliffe in Morley, Leeds.

Clifton Aqueduct

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

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-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, Nottingham

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

Craven and District Football League

The league is essentially based on Craven and so includes several teams from the main Craven centres such as Skipton, Settle, Cross Hills and Cononley, but its catchment extends into nearby districts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire with, for example, teams from Bradford, Colne, Ilkley, Keighley and Pendle also taking part.

Dave Pybus

Dave Pybus (born 4 June 1970 in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England) is an extreme metal musician, best known as the former bass player of Cradle of Filth.

Dennis Clifton

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

Finn Atkins

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

Gary Sykes

Educated at Birkdale High School he is based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire and is a former British super featherweight champion.

Geoffrey Appleyard

Appleyard was born in Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, the son of John Ernest Appleyard, a successful motor engineer, and Mary Elizabeth Northrop.

Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract

He was born in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, the son of Ernest Lofthouse, a farm labourer in Micklefield, and Emma (née Fellows).

Gul Ahmed Group

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

Happy slapping

She had pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court in February 2008 to aiding and abetting the manslaughter of Gavin Waterhouse, 29, from Keighley, West Yorkshire.

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.

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 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.

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.

Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton

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

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.

Lawrence B. Lindsey

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

Leeds Trinity University

Leeds Trinity University is a university in the town of Horsforth, West Yorkshire, England, which offers foundation and undergraduate degrees, as well as postgraduate qualifications.

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.

Marsh, West Yorkshire

Marsh is a suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England that is situated 1.5 km (1 mi) west of the town centre.

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

Locations used for outdoor filming of the series were in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire and Elvington, North Yorkshire, while indoor filming was done at Yorkshire Television Studios, "Kirkstall Road, Leeds" themselves.

Outlane

Outlane is a village near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England with a population of 710 according to the 2001 census.

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.

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.

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.

The 1 in 12 Club

The 1 in 12 Club refers to both a members' club and the building in which it is based, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

Tim Marshall

Marshall was educated at Prince Henry's Grammar School, a former state grammar school in the market town of Otley, in Leeds,West Yorkshire.

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.

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.

White Wells

White Wells is a spa bath situated on Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, England.

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.

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.

Winston W. Royce

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


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