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.

Cleveley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Enstone

Historical Forms

  • Clivelai 1194–1221 Winchcombe 1341 Cl
  • Clevele 1319 Winchcombe
  • Clieveley 1587 AD
  • Clievely 1797 Davis

Etymology

'Wood or clearing on a clif,' v. (a)h. In this name clif may mean 'river bank' or 'hill slope.'