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.

Cleavel Point

Other OS name in the Parish of Corfe Castle

Etymology

, 1811 OS , a promontory , v. point , perhaps from the family named ( de ) Clavil ( l ) e , Clavell which held lands at various places in Corfe C . from 1086 DB (Hutch3 1527 ff) , cf. Clavel Tower in Kimmeridge par . infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement