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Cliffe, as it is now named, is a small village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the A63 trunk road from Selby to Kingston upon Hull and the railway line which also goes to and from those destinations. The railway was opened in 1863 (as the Hull and Selby Railway Company) and there was a station at Cliffe although it was named after the nearby (larger) village of Hemingbrough. The station, like many others in the area, closed in 1967. A Vision of Britain through Time provides this description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72):
Historically, the individual settlements of Cliffe and Lund were in the ecclesiastical parish of Hemingbrough in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent. From 1894 until 1935, Cliffe cum Lund was located in Riccal Rural District. In 1935 the Rical Rural District was abolished and its place was taken by Derwent Rural District which administered the local area until the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974. Upon joining the Derwent Rural District in 1935, Cliffe cum Lund merged with the neighbouring parish of South Duffield and had its name shortened to Cliffe.
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Categories: East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Cliffe cum Lund, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Hemingbrough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Ouse and Derwent Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Derwent Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Riccal Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Selby District, North Yorkshire, England | North Yorkshire, England |