Clifford, Herefordshire

Description
Clifford, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands on the river Wye, 3 miles NNE of Hay, and has a station on the Golden Valley railway, and a post office (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Hay. The parish includes the ecclesiastical parish of Hardwick, and comprises 6543 acres; population, 783. A castle was built here by William Fitzosborne; became the seat of the Cliffords of Ugbrooke; and was the birthplace of Jane de Clifford, " Fair Rosamond," the favourite of Henry II. The ruin of the castle still surmounts a bold eminence overlooking the Wye, and is ivy-clad and beautiful, but not extensive. A cell of Cluniac monks, subordinate to Lewes priory, was founded here in the time of Henry I. by one of the lords of Clifford. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £258. The church is Norman, was restored in 1888.