sentences:  There is some speculation that Cliviger may be the site of the legendary Battle of Brunanburh, although there is absolutely no evidence to support this claim.There are three war memorials in the parish - these are located outside the church in Holme Chapel; at the Mount Zion chapel in Walk Mill; and also the Weir war memorial is located near the old Deerplay Inn, although the village of Weir itself is within the parish of Bacup, not Cliviger.There are three official war graves from the First World War in the churchyard at Holme Chapel, and a casualty of the Boer War is buried in the old chapel graveyard in Mereclough.