GUYS-CLIFF, a hamlet in the parish of LEEK-WOOTTON, Kenilworth division of the hundred of KNIGHTLOW, county of WARWICK, 1 mile (N.N.E.) from Warwick, on the south side of the Avon. It is so called from its connexion with the legend of Guy of Warwick, of whom it is said that he retired to an ancient hermitage which existed here long before the Conquest, and to whose memory, in the reign of Henry VI., a chapel was founded, and dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, by his descendant, Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, who placed therein two chaplains 5 subsequently the celebrated antiquary, John Rous, resided in it as a chantry priest. The founder caused also a gigantic statue of the famous Earl Guy to be carved out of the solid rock, which still exists, though in a mutilated state. This spot, to which is now attached an elegant modern residence, possesses great picturesque beauty.