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 Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of North Bovey

Historical Forms

Cleve 1571 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Cleve 1571SR . ' Steep slope , ' v. clif .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

North Bovey