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Clifton, Cumbria history
Clifton Dykes has been suggested as the (pre-Roman conquest) centre of the Carvetti, an Iron Age and Roman-period ‘tribe’, one that possibly led a resistance against Roman forces in 69 A.D. under the leadership of Venutius. This is based upon the evidence of a large (c.7 acre) Iron Age enclosure discovered there.
Clifton Moor Battle
Clifton Moor was the site of the final battle in England (and the last battle ever on English soil) between Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Duke of Cumberland. The story of a local family, the Wybergs, whose property was forcibly sold by Oliver Cromwell in 1652, is told in Sir Walter Scott’s novel Waverley.
St. Cuthbert’s church
The local church, St Cuthbert’s, contains the graves of 10 men killed in the battle of Clifton Moor. The Scots dead are, reputedly, buried beneath a tree towards the southern end of the village.
Transport
Clifton station was on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (now part of the West Coast Main Line WCML), it closed to passengers in 1938. The nearest station is now Penrith railway station. The M6 motorway now also runs through the parish.
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The former Wetheriggs Pottery also is within the civil parish, east of the village. Clifton Hall, a 15th-century Pele tower, is in the area.
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