Claverton,_Cheshire
Claverton, Cheshire
Human settlement in England
Claverton is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Eaton and Eccleston, in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 it had a population of 7.[1] The parish included the site of The King's School. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Eaton and Eccleston.[2]
In 1086, Claverton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Cleventone.[lower-alpha 1] The landowner was Hugh FitzOsbern.[3] With a population of 21 households, it was amongst the largest 40% of settlements recorded in the census.[4]
Throughout the nineteenth century the population was recorded as 0.[2] The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claverton as "an uninhabited extra-parochial tract in Great Boughton district".[5]