Clophill, Bedfordshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1866.

CLOPHILL:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1866.

"CLOPHILL, a parish in Ampthill district, Beds; on the river Ivel, 3½ miles W of Shefford railway station, and 4 E of Ampthill. It has a post-office under Ampthill. Acres, 2,140. Real property, £4,194. Pop., 1,169. Houses, 244. There was anciently a small priory; and there are, at Castle hill or Cainhoe, traces of an ancient castle of the Albinis. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £422. Patron, Countess Cowper. Charities, £39. The church is a handsome edifice in the pointed style, built in 1848."