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Clifton, Oxfordshire

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Clifton is a hamlet by the River Cherwell in Deddington civil parish about {{convert|6|mi|0}} south of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. Clifton is on the B4031 road between Deddington and Croughton, Northamptonshire.

Chapels

A dependent chapel of Deddington parish church still existed in Clifton in 1523 but seems to have disappeared by the 17th century.{{sfn|Crossley|1983|pp=143–159}}

A Methodist chapel was built in Clifton in about 1815.{{sfn|Crossley|1983|pp=143–159}} It was a small brick building and has since been demolished.{{sfn|Crossley|1983|pp=143–159}} The Methodists replaced it in 1869 with a new brick and stucco chapel{{sfn|Crossley|1983|pp=143–159}} with plain lancet windows. It was still in use for worship in the 1950s but was disused by 1983{{sfn|Crossley|1983|pp=143–159}} and is now a private house.

A new Church of England chapel of Saint James the Great was completed in 1853.{{sfn|Crossley|1983|pp=143–159}} The Diocese of Oxford declared the chapel redundant in and sold it for secular commercial use in 1974.{{sfn|Crossley|1983|pp=81–120}}

Community

Clifton has a public house, the Duke of Cumberland's Head, which has recently re-opened with a new campsite and travelling caravan park.

The Clifton dog actor Sykes (born c.2004), is owned by a local animal trainer. He has appeared as "Harvey" in Thinkbox marketing commercials, TV serials, and films. His advertisement for John Smith's Brewery saw him play "Tonto" against Peter Kay.^[1]^[2]

References

1. ^{{cite news|last=Sweeney|first=Mike|title=Dog has its day in Thinkbox campaign for power of TV advertising|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/sep/09/dog-thinkbox-tv-advertising|accessdate=9 September 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=9 September 2010}}
2. ^{{cite news|last=Mouland|first=Bill|title=A dog with the bow wow factor: We collar Harvey - the star of TV's funniest commercial|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347275/Thinkbox-dog-Harvey-We-collar-star-TVs-funniest-commercial.html|accessdate=9 September 2014|newspaper=Daily Mail|date=17 January 2010}}

Sources and further reading

{{cite book |last1=Allbrook |first1=Michael |last2=Forsyth |first2=Robert |year=2011 |title=A Parish at War; A military record of three Oxfordshire villages; Deddington — Clifton — Hempton |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-870677-04-2 |ref=harv}}
{{cite book |last1=Allbrook |first1=Michael |last2=Forsyth |first2=Robert |year=2012 |title=A Parish at War; A military record of three Oxfordshire villages; Deddington — Clifton — Hempton; The Supplement |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford Publishing Ltd |isbn= |ref=harv}}
{{cite book |last1=Crossley |first1=Alan (ed.) |last2=Baggs |first2=A.P. |last3=Colvin |first3=Christina |last4=Colvin |first4=H.M. |authorlink4=Howard Colvin |last5=Cooper |first5=Janet |last6=Day |first6=C.J. |last7=Selwyn |first7=Nesta |last8=Tomkinson |first8=A. |series=Victoria County History |title=A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 11: Wootton Hundred (northern part) |date=1983 |publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages=143–159 |ref=harv}}

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