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Clifton, Bedfordshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1835.
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CLIFTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.
[Transcribed information from A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1835]
(unless otherwise stated)
"CLIFTON, a parish in the hundred of CLIFTON, county of BEDFORD, l½ mile (E. by N.) from Shefford, containing 483 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £20.1.11., and in the patronage of the Rev. D. J. Olivier. The church, dedicated to All Saints, contains some ancient monumental brasses, and a fine altar-tomb in memory of Sir Michael Fisher, who died lord of the manor in 1549. The river Ivel, lately made navigable, runs through the parish. There is a day and Sunday school, founded and endowed in 1S27, by the late rector, the Rev. D. S. Olivier, for eighteen children."
[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2010]