Description
Clifton, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Beds. The parish lies adjacent to the river Ivel, 1 1/2 mile E from Shefford station on the M.R., 4 1/2 miles SSW of Biggleswade, and 2 from Arlesey station on the G.N.R. It has a post and money order office under Biggleswade; telegraph office, Shefford. Acreage, 1422; population, 1374. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £400 with residence. The church is a building of sandstone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles. There is a Baptist chapel, two almshouses, and two widows' homes attached. The hundred lies around the parish, adjoins Herts, and contains eight parishes and part of another.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
