CLOFORD, a parish in the hundred of FROME, county of SOMERSET, 4 miles (S. W.) from Frome, containing 312 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £ 7.17. 6., and in the patronage of S. T. Horner, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The ancient liberty of Hillhouse includes this parish and the parish of Elm.