In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clifton Campville like this:
CLIFTON-CAMPVILLE, a township in the district of Tamworth, Stafford; and a parish in the same district, and partly in Derby. The township lies on the river Meese, 3½ miles E of Haselour and Elford r. station, and 5½ NE of Tamworth; and has a post office under Tamworth. Pop., 513. Houses, 110. The parish contains also the township of Harlaston and the hamlet of Haunton in Stafford, and the township of Chilcote in Derby. Acres, 6, 004. Real property, £6, 543. Pop., 881. Houses, 193. ...
The manor was held, before the Conquest, by Earl Algar; went to the Crown; and passed to the Camvilles, the Vernons, the Staffords, the Stanleys, the Hereys, the Heveninghams, the Coventrys, the Pyes, the Severnes, the Wakinses, and again the Pyes. Clifton-Campville Hall is the seat of H. J. Pye, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Chilcote, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £950.* Patron, H. J. Pye, Esq. The church has a very fine spire; and contains a screen and monuments of the Vernons and others.
Clifton Campville through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Clifton Campville has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Lichfield. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Clifton Campville and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clifton Campville, in Lichfield and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8003
Date accessed: 25th May 2013
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