Cliffords Mesne

Cliffords Mesne possesses a public house, the Yew Tree Inn. The village is close to May Hill, which is owned by the National Trust, and to the International Centre for Birds of Prey.Guardian obituary [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/02/obituary-winifred-foley. Retrieved 19 October 2010.]; National Trust: [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-mayhill.htm Retrieved 22 August 2011.] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016025116/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-mayhill.htm |date=16 October 2011}} The Village Hall was refurbished in 2013 and holds regular social and musical events.[http://www.cliffordsmesnevillagehall.co.uk Cliffords Mesne Village Hall website]

There is a single weekly bus service to and from Ross-on-Wye on Thursdays, but daily bus services between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye pass through nearby Kilcot (4 km).Stagecoach Co. timetable: [http://www.stagecoachbus.com/PdfUploads/Timetable_9093_32-132.pdf Retrieved 22 August 2011.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303144133/http://www.stagecoachbus.com/PdfUploads/Timetable_9093_32-132.pdf |date=3 March 2011}} The nearest railway station is Gloucester (20 km).

The small Anglican church is dedicated to St Peter. Designed by E. S. Harris, it was built in 1882 of stone, with a central bellcote, a nave, a chancel, a south porch and a south vestry. It has contemporary stained glass dedicated to a local falconer and a memorial tablet to two local men who died on active service in the Second World War.[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engcots/CliffordsMesnePhotos01.html Pictures of the church. Retrieved 22 August 2011.] The church parish is merged with Gorsley. It shares clergy with the benefice of Newent and lies in the Diocese of Gloucester.A Church Near You: [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/cliffords-mesne-st-peter/ Retrieved 22 August 2011.]

An earlier stone church built in Gothic style in 1872 and extended in 1877, became the village school, which is now closed.[http://churchdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS874.php Retrieved 22 August 2011.] The building serves as a non-denominational village hall.[http://www.charitiesdirect.com/charities/recreation-ground-301503.html Retrieved 22 August 2011.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927180932/http://www.charitiesdirect.com/charities/recreation-ground-301503.html |date=27 September 2011}}

The single listed historic building in Cliffords Mesne is the outlying Ravenshill Farmhouse, north of the village. Most of this dates from the late 17th and early 18th centuries.English Heritage site: [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-125815-ravenshill-farmhouse-newent Retrieved 22 August 2011.] The combined population of Cliffords Mesne and Gorsley was 1320 in 1876.Morris & Co. Commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Newent, 1876: [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/newent1876.htm Retrieved 22 August 2011.]

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• Village website: [http://www.cliffordsmesne.co.uk/ Retrieved 22 August 2011.]
• A photograph of St Peter's Church: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121003044940/http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/john.wilkes/mesne.jpg Retrieved 22 August 2011.]
• Photographs of features in or near Cliffords Mesne on Geograph site: [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=24188455 Retrieved 22 August 2011.] and here [http://wn.com/Cliffords_Mesne Retrieved 22 August 2011.]

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