Clifton-on-Yore

{{Short description|Civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| type = Civil parish

| coordinates = {{coord|54.254|-1.667|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Clifton-on-Yore

| static_image_name = Park land by the Ure - geograph.org.uk - 1402623.jpg

| static_image_caption = Clifton Castle

| population = 40

| civil_parish = Clifton-on-Yore

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = RIPON

| postcode_district = HG4

| postcode_area = HG

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE216845

}}

Clifton-on-Yore is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish was estimated at 40 in 2010.{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2010|url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|accessdate=27 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|archive-date=13 January 2012|url-status=dead}} The population remained less than 100 as taken at the 2011 Census. Details were included in the civil parish of Thirn.

There is no village in the parish, but there are a few houses, the most notable of which is Clifton Castle, incorporating some remains of a 14th-century castle.{{cite book |title=A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 |date=1914 |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp344-348 |access-date=8 June 2024}}

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.