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.

Cleave Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Clevehill 1568 For
  • the Cleeve 1655 Comm

Etymology

, Clevehill 1568For , the Cleeve 1655Comm , v. clif ' cliff, bank ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement