Cleeve Copse
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chilmark
Historical Forms
- Cleves 1570 PembSurv
- pasture called Cleeve 1632 Wilton
- hoddes clif 860 BCS500 14th
- Hoddesclyf juxta Wycheford 1381 Cor
- hoddisclive 940 BCS752 15th
Etymology
Cleeve Copse (6″) is Cleves 1570 PembSurv, pasture called Cleeve 1632Wilton and is probably identical with hoddes clif 860 (14th) BCS 500. v. infra 426. 'Hodd 's clif or sloping place.'Curiously enough there are two other places of this name in Wiltshire, viz. Hoddesclyf juxta Wycheford (i.e. Wishford) 1381Cor , and yet another hoddisclive 940 (15th) BCS 752 in the bounds of Christian Malford.