Static Image: | Claverton - Boundary Stone.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 240px |
Static Image Caption: | Boundary stone |
Coordinates: | 53.169°N -2.889°W |
Official Name: | Claverton |
Map Type: | Cheshire |
Population: | 7 |
Population Ref: | (2001 census) |
Civil Parish: | Eaton and Eccleston |
Unitary England: | Cheshire West and Chester |
Lieutenancy England: | Cheshire |
Region: | North West England |
Country: | England |
Constituency Westminster: | City of Chester |
Post Town: | CHESTER |
Postcode District: | CH4 |
Postcode Area: | CH |
Dial Code: | 01244 |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ4063 |
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.
In 1086, Claverton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Cleventone. The landowner was Hugh FitzOsbern.[2] With a population of 21 households, it was amongst the largest 40% of settlements recorded in the census.[3]
Throughout the nineteenth century the population was recorded as 0. The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claverton as "an uninhabited extra-parochial tract in Great Boughton district".[4] In 1858 Claverton became a separate civil parish,[5] on 1 April 2015 the civil parish was abolished to form "Eaton and Eccleston".[6]