English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

The Cleeves

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chipping Norton

Etymology

The Cleeves (6″). Cf. Clyve 1387–8 AD, la Clyue t. Hy 6Valor , the Cleves 1770EnclA . This is a strip of land on the bank of a small stream, and the name is another example of the word clif used of land by the side of a river.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement