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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"CLIVIGER, a township in the parish of Whalley, in the higher division of the hundred of Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster, 3½ miles S.E. of Burnley. It is situated near the source of the river Irwell, and is a station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line. Several Roman coins have been found. Here are coal, iron, and leadmines. The country, which is hilly, affords several rare botanical specimens, and was anciently noted for its falcons."