Clifton is a small village in the borough of Calderdale, Yorkshire, England, near the town of Brighouse. It was mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086. Look up Borough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Calderdale is a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Brighouse Coat of Arms Brighouse is the second largest town in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, England,The 2001 census gave the towns population as 32,198. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Events Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa of Japan starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. ...

The Clifton village conservation area, has a Junior and Infant school built in the 1870s (a Sunday Times top performing school), an Anglican Church within the diocese of Wakefield, and a Methodist church. Patrick Brontë, father of the novelist sisters, was Minister at the nearby Hartshead-cum-Clifton church. In addition, there are two public houses situated at either end of the main street (Towngate); one, the Black Horse Inn, was the Yorkshire Post pub restaurant of the year 2006. A third public house, The Black Bull, closed in 1930 and has since become a private residence. The remains of the village well can be seen opposite the school. Clifton used to have two shops; one at the Clifton Common end of Towngate closed in the mid-1980s, while the shop/post office opposite the vicarage closed in early 2006, becoming a private residence. It also has a small hairdressing salon. // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ... Wakefield The Town Hall, Wood St. ... For the Methodist school of ancient Greek medicine, see Methodism (history of medicine) Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Patrick Brontë around 1860 Reverend Patrick Brontë (March 17, 1777 - June 7, 1861) was a curate, writer, and the father of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. He was the first of ten children born to Hugh Brunty and Eleanor McCrory in Drumballyroney, County Down, Northern Ireland. ... The Brontë sisters, painted by their brother, Branwell c. ... Hartshead is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, west of Dewsbury and near Hartshead Moor. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Yorkshire Post was founded in 1754, as the Leedes Intelligencer, making it one of Britains first daily newspapers. ... Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... The Vicarage is the title usually given to the building inhabited, or formerly inhabited, by the Vicar of a parish. ...

Adjacent to the village is Willow Valley Golf Club. Each June, the club hosts the annual Yorkshire PGA Championship.

At the easterly edge of the village is Kirklees Hall, whose grounds contain the reputed grave of Robin Hood. At the northerly end, there remains evidence of strip farming, also known as 'open field system'. Originally there were thirty-two strips of land and families would work two or three of these. Beyond were fields known as the Doles; these were common grazing land. Doles Lane, a bridleway, still exists and starts (as Well Lane), opposite the Black Horse Inn. This inn was a meeting place for Luddites, the machine wreckers, in the early 19th century. Highley Hall (formerly Crosse hall), near the war memorial, was a farm until the 1990s. Originally the family home of Richard de Hileagh, constable of the village in the mid 1300s; it is once again a private residence. Kirklees Hall is a 16th century Jacobean hall, close to the village of Clifton, West Yorkshire in Calderdale. ... Robin Hood memorial statue in Nottingham. ... Strip farming is a method of farming used when a slope is too steep or too long, or when other types of farming may not prevent soil erosion. ... The Luddites were a social movement of English textile artisans in the early nineteenth century who protested — often by destroying textile machines — against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt threatened their livelihood. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1250s 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s - 1300s - 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s Years: 1300 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 Events and Trends MARF Categories: 1300s ...

There are many local historical references connected to drift mining. It was first recorded in 1307 and also mentioned by Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, in 1727. On the western flank of the village is a long straight ridge, which constitutes the remains of a gravity railway that was used to transport coal to the (then) municipal gasworks by the canal at Brighouse. There are also intriguing historical connections such as America Lane, the fever hospital and Clifton 'airport' used by Sir Alan Cobham's Air Circus between the two world wars. Drift mining is a method of accessing valuable geological material, such as coal, by cutting into the side of the earth, rather than tunneling straight downwards (see shaft mine). ... Events July - The Knights Hospitaller begin their conquest of Rhodes. ... Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (1660 [?] â€“ April 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719 and sometimes regarded as the first novel in English. ... Events 1727 to 1800 - Lt. ... A gravity railroad is a railroad on a steep slope, usually serving a mine at the top. ... Brighouse Coat of Arms Brighouse is the second largest town in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, England,The 2001 census gave the towns population as 32,198. ... Sir Alan Cobham (May 6, 1894- October 21, 1973) - British Aviation Pioneer. ...

External links

• Domesday Book
• St John's CE (VA) Primary School