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Survey of English Place-Names

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Clee Mill(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Cleethorpes

Historical Forms

  • molend' de Clee 1535 VEiv

Etymology

( lost ) , 1831Monson , 1838Brace , molend ' de Clee 1535 VE iv , cf. (the )Mill Field 1784Terrier , 1788ThorGrims , Mill Gate 1734SSCTerrier , 1822Terrier , Mill gate 1784ib ( v. gata ) , milne greene 1601Terrier ( v. grēne ' a grassy place ' ) , Mill Hill 1734SSCTerrier , 1850 Dobson , Windmill Buildings 1843TA , v. myln ; the name is represented today by Mill Hill Crescent and stood “ at the crest of Crow Hill in Mill Road ” , Baker 106 .