. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE mentioned in 1711, when it was in the possession of John Osborn.'" The church of Chicksands, which formed part of the original endowment of the priory, was founded at the same date, c. 1150,"' by Payn Beauchamp and Rohesia his wife, and at the beginning of the next cen- tury the gift was confirmed by William son of Simon de Beauchamp.'" Chicksands was extra-parochial, and the church was attached to the priory and attended by the canons and nuns solely. In 1253 and 1255 the priory obtained
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE mentioned in 1711, when it was in the possession of John Osborn.'" The church of Chicksands, which formed part of the original endowment of the priory, was founded at the same date, c. 1150,"' by Payn Beauchamp and Rohesia his wife, and at the beginning of the next cen- tury the gift was confirmed by William son of Simon de Beauchamp.'" Chicksands was extra-parochial, and the church was attached to the priory and attended by the canons and nuns solely. In 1253 and 1255 the priory obtained grants of protection for their conventual church from the pope.'*' It was one of the poorest endowments in the county, and was worth only £z ip. ^. in ;" It continued anitexed to the priory until the Re- formation, when it was granted together with the bell-tower and cemetery to Richard and Elizabeth Snowe.'" Richard's son Edward conveyed the church to Peter Osborn in 1587, who died seised of it in ;' There is no further mention of the church or chapel, which probably fell into disuse soon after. Parish of Chicksands.—There are apparently no endowed charities in this parish. CLIFTON Clistone (xi cent.). The parish of Clifton includes an outlying portion of the market town of Shefford. Clifton village lies to the south of the parish, near to the road from Sheftbrd to Hitchin^ which forms its southern boundary. The ground rises from the north, where it is about 104 ft. above the ordnance datum, to the south where it reaches the elevation of 202 ft. near Hoo Hill. The parish consists of 1,422*114 acres, of which 868^ are arable land, 23 8 J permanent grass, and 7 acres of woods and plantations.' There are 9 acres of water, and the parish is bounded on the east, west, and north by the River Ivel and its tributaries, while the Ivel Navigation Canal passes through the north of the parish. Two mills are situ- ated on this river to the west of the pari
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