Old Clee
Major Settlement in the Parish of Cleethorpes
Historical Forms
- Cleia 1086 DB
- Cleiam 1191,1192,1193,1194 P
- Cleie 1206 Ass
- Cleye 1314 Inqaqd
- Cley 1362 CottCh
- Cle c.1115 LS 1155–58 Ch 1334 ChancR 1196 P 1197,1198,1202,1204,1205,1206 Fees 1212 WellesLA p1220 Fees 1242–43 RH 1275,1276 QW 1281 RSu 1292 Abbr 1300 FA 1303 Fine 1304 Inv 1594
- Clee 1232 Welles 1254 ValNor 1281 QW 1291 Tax 1298 Ass 1304 Ipm 1310 ADii 1314 Pat 1316 ADiii 1316 FA 1327 SR 1328 Banco 1332 SR 1335 Pat 1341 Extent 1343 AddCh 1346 FA 1351 Cor
- Clee als Cley 1316 BT 1759 BT
- Clye 1537 LP 1551 Pat 1576,1597 Inv
Etymology
From OE clǣg 'clay, clayey soil', topographically appropriate for the site of Old Clee, now the name of the old village. Clee was originally the name of the parish.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Beacon Hill(lost)
- Beaconthorpe(lost)
- Bescars(lost)
- Blow Wells
- Blue Stone
- Blundell Park
- Carr Lane
- Clee Common(lost)
- Clee Field
- Clee Hall Fm
- Clee Marsh(lost)
- Clee Mill(lost)
- Clee Ness(lost)
- College Fm(lost)
- Crowhill
- Far Cleethorpes(lost)
- Fore Thorpe(lost)
- High Thorpe(lost)
- Lows Fm
- Low Thorpe(lost)
- Market Place
- Middle Thorpe
- Near Cleethorpes(lost)
- Neeves Fm
- New Brighton(lost)
- New Clee
- Race Ground(lost)
- Raggs Fm(lost)
- Recreation Ground(lost)
- Simpson Hall Fm(lost)
- Smallfleets Common(lost)
- Vicarage
- White House Fm(lost)
- Wilton Fm(lost)