CLIPSTON, a township in that part of the parish of PLUMTREE which is in the southern division of the wapentake of BINGHAM, county of NOTTINGHAM, 6 miles (S. E.) from Nottingham, containing 72 inhabitants. Richard I., after returning from the captivity brought on by his crusade to the Holy Land, had an interview with the king of Scotland at this place, in 1194, where they spent several days.