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VILLAGE HISTORY

Clifton Campville 

 

Clifton Campville is a village, former manor and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the River Mease, about 10 miles (16 km) east of the City of Lichfield, 6 miles (10 km) west of Measham and 7 miles (11 km) north of Tamworth. The village lies very close to Staffordshire's borders with DerbyshireLeicestershire and Warwickshire. In 2001 the parish had a population of 764,increasing to 912 at the 2011 census. In 1848 the parish included both Haunton and Harlaston, and also Chilcote in Derbyshire. Clifton itself then had a population of 341, while the population of the whole parish was 921 on 6,300 acres (25 km).The core parish of Clifton and Haunton covered around 3,000 acres (12 km) in 1851.[7] Nowadays the Church of England parish still includes Haunton and Chilcote, and also Statfold. There is a fine gothic church, dedicated to St Andrew, and listed Grade I. The village pub, The Green Man, is also a historic building.

Haunton

 

Haunton is a village in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the River Mease, about 7 miles (11 km) north of Tamworth, 1½ miles east of Harlaston and 1 mile west of Clifton Campville. Haunton includes a number of listed buildings, for example, the Grange, the Church of St Michael and St James and the nursing home (formerly Haunton Hall)

Thorpe Constantine

 

Thorpe Constantine is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It lies about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Tamworth and 6 miles south-west of Measham. The nucleus of the parish is the Thorpe Estate

Info courtesy of Wikipedia

Above

Old Rectory - Thorpe Constantine

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St Michael and  St James Church - Haunton

Clifton Campville from above

Above Clifton Campville

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