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.

The Clouse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Capel

Historical Forms

  • atte Clause 1332 SR

Etymology

The Clouse (old 6″) was probably the home of Henry atte Clause (1332 SR). The Clouse was the name of a three-sided projection on the eastern border of Capel. It would seem that we have here an unrecorded use of clause to denote an enclosed space of some kind.