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.

Cleave

Other OS name in the Parish of Lynton

Historical Forms

  • la Clive 1244 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is la Clive 1244Ass , v. clif .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement