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 Lower Heyford

Etymology

The Cleeves is so named 1679 Blo. Cf. Clive Hook (s )1802EnclA .This is one of several examples of the word cliff (v. clif ) used of land on a river bank. Hook , 'spur of land,' has been added to the 1802 name.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement