Claverton is a former
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, now in the parish of
Eaton and Eccleston, in the borough of
Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to l ...
and
ceremonial county
Ceremonial counties, formally known as ''counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies'', are areas of England to which lord-lieutenant, lord-lieutenants are appointed. A lord-lieutenant is the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, monarch's repres ...
of
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
in England. In 2001 it had a population of 7. The parish included the site of
The King's School.
In 1086, Claverton was recorded in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
as ''Cleventone''. The landowner was Hugh FitzOsbern.
With a population of 21 households, it was amongst the largest 40% of settlements recorded in the census.
Throughout the nineteenth century the population was recorded as 0.
[
The ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Claverton as "an uninhabited extra-parochial tract in Great Boughton district". In 1858 Claverton became a separate civil parish,]
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Former civil parishes in Cheshire
Cheshire West and Chester
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