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Clifton Village and its Buildings

Clifton Village is located to the south west of the city centre on the southern banks of the River Trent. Whilst it is mentioned in the Doomsday Book (1086), a settlement most probably existed on or near the site long before that date due to its commanding hill position overlooking the river.  Indeed dug out canoes were discovered in the river mud and these are preserved in The Castle Museum.  Since 1281 Clifton was held by the Clifton family who resided at Clifton Hall but in1947 Lt.-Col. Peter Thomas Clifton sold 944 acres of his estate to Nottingham City Council for housing and a few years later in 1953 he auctioned off the contents of the house and moved into Home Farm also in the village. In 1958 his remaining estates in Clifton and Barton-in-Fabis were sold and he moved away from the area altogether.   Clifton today is split into two distinct sections with Clifton Village to the north of the A453 and Clifton Estate to the south. This section aims to give a view to Clifton Village as it is today.  The last time I walked round it was in about 1957 / 58 and at that time it was still very much a rural farming based community with at least, as I recall, two working farms actually in the village.  Whilst the key historical buildings still exist, the rest was unrecognisable to me.  The farms have gone and in their places are many recently built houses.  It still very much retains a 'village' look and feel to it but I suspect that it is now mostly just a base for better off commuters.  Clifton officially became part of The City of Nottingham in 1951 and that it has survived as a 'village' in a city with so much open space, is I think quite an achievement considering the thirst for land for housing.

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