CLIFTON, or ROCK-SAVAGE, a township in the parish of RUNCORN, hundred of BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, 2 miles (N. N. E.) from Frodsham, containing 26 inhabitants. This place has been called Rock-Savage since the erection of a splendid mansion by Sir John Savage, in 1565. The township comprises only the manorial mansion and its demesne land, now in the possession of the Marquis of Cholmondeley, who enjoys also the title of Earl of Rock-Savage.