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.

Clearsale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Waterperry

Etymology

Clearsale. Cf. Cleihailesham 1324 Ch. '*Hægel 's hamm' (v. PN Sx 435), to which clǣg , 'clay,' has been prefixed.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement