Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• de la Clude 1232 Ass

• Clowde, Clowe (hermitage) 1279 Nott

• la Cloude 13th LegerBk 1327 SR

• Cloudebrugge 13th LegerBk

• Cloutebrigge inter Coventre et Cubynton 1353 Works

• Cloudebrygge 1356 Stowe

• del Cloude 1357 Pat

• atte Cloude 1402 Ct

• Clowdelane 1433 ib

• Clowde 1535 VE

• Clowd feild 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

Cloud Bridge is Eremit . de la Clude 1232Ass , Clowde , Clowe (hermitage)1279Nott , la Cloude 13thLegerBk , 1327 SR (p), Cloudebrugge 13thLegerBk , Cloutebrigge inter Coventre et Cubynton 1353 Works, Cloudebrygge 1356Stowe , del Cloude 1357 Pat (p), atte Cloude 1402Ct (p), Clowdelane 1433 ib., Clowde 1535 VE, Clowd feild 1650ParlSurv . Dugdale says of Cloud, “This being now only known by the Bridge over Avon…hath its name from the rock on the southern side thereof, Clude in the Saxon signifying as much” (175). There was a hermitage here. OE  clūd , 'rock.'