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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clophill like this:
CLOPHILL, a parish in Ampthill district, Beds; on the river Ivel, 3½ miles W of Shefford r. 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.
Clophill is now part of CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clophill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clophill, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2498
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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