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Clifford Chambers is a parish and village on the borders of the county, in Stratford-on-Avon union, containing, by the census of 1861, 344, and in 1871, 315 inhabitants, with 2500 acres of land, in the deanery of Campden, archdeaconry of Gloucester, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, hundred of Kiftsgate, East Gloucestershire, 1 ½ mile east from Milcote Station, on the Stratford-on-Avon branch of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, 2 from Stratford-on-Avon, 12 from Broadway, 14 north-east from Evesham, and 40 north-east from Gloucester. The rectory, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Francis Annesley, is valued at £170 per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Helen, consists of chancel, north and south aisles, and tower containing 5 bells. There is a Free School for children of both sexes. The rateable value is £2964.

CLERGY AND GENTRY

Annesley Rev. Francis, M.A.
Hutchings Mr. William, Clifford lodge
Smith Mr. Richard Sidney, Clifford bank
Smith Mr. William, The Laurels
Wright Mr. William, Aaron Lays

TRADES AND PROFESSIONS

Baker Henry, carpenter, builder, timber dealer, and shopkeeper
Blunn Thomas, saddler and harness maker
Crossley Henry George, farmer, Rectory farm
Hutchings Wm., auctioneer, Clifford lodge
Jordan Thomas (Exors. of), farmers, Clifford hill
Livesley William, parish clerk
Silvester William, farmer, Cold Comfort
Smith George, farmer
Smith John, blacksmith
Smith Richard Sidney, miller and baker, Clifford mills; h. Clifford bank
Smith Seth, blacksmith
Smith William, farmer, Willicott
Spilsburg John, beer retailer
Stanley William, bookmaker and sub-postmaster
Tipping Thomas, “New” inn
Ward James, shopkeeper
Ward Thomas, farmer, Wincott
Wheeler Charles, bookmaker

Post Office – William Stanley, sub-postmaster. Letters from Stratford-on-Avon delivered at 7 a.m. Box closed at 6 p.m. on week-days only. Stratford is the nearest money order office.

Free School – Miss Eliz. Wheeler, mistress.

Morris & Co.’s commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Hounds Gate, Nottingham. 1876.