Clifton, York

Clifton is a suburb of York in the unitary authority area of the City of York, in North Yorkshire, England about 1+1⁄2 miles from the city centre. The A19, passes north out of York through Clifton. The old village area was made a conservation area in 1968. Nestle Foods Factory and the Public School of St Peter's and the former Queen Anne's Grammar School are located in Clifton. The name Clifton is derived from the Old English pre-7th century clif, meaning a gentle slope, or more usually a riverbank, and tun, an enclosure or settlement.

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St Philip and St James' Church, Clifton

St Philip and St James' Church is a parish church in Clifton, a suburb of inner northern York, in England. Until the mid-19th century, Clifton fell mostly within the parish of St Olave's Church, and also a detached part of the parish of St Michael le Belfrey. The heirs of Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey donated a site by Clifton Green for the construction of a church. It was designed by George Fowler Jones, and was completed in 1867, at a cost of £3,800. It was given its own parish in 1871. The church celebrated its centenary in 1967 by commissioning Kenneth Leighton to write a hymn, "O God, enfold me in the sun". Between 1984 and 1989, the church was reordered by Ronald Sims, who replaced the pews with chairs, and converted the chancel and transepts into meeting rooms. The building was grade II listed in 1997. Nikolaus Pevsner was critical of the design, describing a "ponderous west tower", but praised the "excellent fittings in a plainer Pace style". The church is in the Early English style, and is built of stone, with slate roofs, topped by a stone cross and finials. It comprises a five-bay nave, a two-bay chancel, north and south transepts, a west tower, and a south porch. On the north side is a half-hexagonal staircase turret, and a vestry. Most of the windows are lancets, some in groups of three, while the west window has a trefoil head. and many of the bays are divided by buttresses. The main entrance is on the north side and has 20th-century double doors. Inside there is a hammerbeam roof, with carved and gilded angels attached to the westernmost bay. The window in the north transept has stained glass by Clayton and Bell, while the east window of the south transept is by John Ward Knowles, and other windows have plain glass designed by Sims.

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Vale of York Academy

Vale of York Academy, previously called Canon Lee School, is a co-educational secondary school located in Clifton, York, England. The school is still often referred to locally as Canon Lee.

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The Old Manor House, Clifton

The Old Manor House, also known as Nell Gywnne's House, is a historic building in the Clifton area of York in England. Two timber-framed tenement buildings, each of two storeys, were built on the site at some point between the 14th and 16th centuries. In the late 17th century, it was largely rebuilt in brick, in the Artisan Mannerist style. The rebuilding may have been due to damage during the Siege of York. A local legend claims that, when Charles II of England visited York, Nell Gwynne stayed in the house. By the 19th century, the building housed working-class families in rooms which had been subdivided. At the start of the 20th century, the eastern part of the building was a tobacconist and barbers shop. In the 1930s, the building was converted into a single house, and the roof was entirely replaced. The house was Grade II* listed in 1954. In 1962, it was restored and partly rebuilt, the new work include the south-east wall and the window openings in the rear wall. The York Civic Trust purchased the building in 1985, but sold it as a private house in the early 21st century. In 2020, the house was placed on the market for £1.29 million. The building is two storeys tall, with an attic above. There are two main gables on the front to the street named Clifton, and to their left, a smaller gable over the porch. Above ground floor level, the brickwork has been laid in an approximation of larger stone blocks. Inside the building, most of the ceiling beams and joists are 16th-century. The chimney is in the centre of the building, and it has 17th-century fireplaces. The entrance door is also 17th-century, but has been moved from its original doorway. One room has an 18th-century fitted cupboard. There is a cellar under part of the house, reached down a 17th-century flight of stairs.

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Clifton Park Ground

Clifton Park Ground is a cricket ground in York, North Yorkshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1971, when the Yorkshire Second XI played the Lancashire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. The ground held its second and final Minor Counties Championship match the following year when Yorkshire Second XI played Cumberland. Since 1984, the ground has played host to Yorkshire Second XI matches in the Second XI Championship, hosting 20 matches to date and 8 Second XI Trophy matches. In 1973, the ground held a Women's One Day International between Australia women and Jamaica women in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup. In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of York Cricket Club who play in the Yorkshire Premier League North. In June 2019, the ground hosted the County Championship fixture between Yorkshire and Warwickshire. It had been 129 years since the last first-class cricket match had been staged in York. The game attracted a crowd of over 8,000 people, spread over four rain affected days. In August 2021, the ground hosted two of Yorkshire's 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup matches between Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire.

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