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 Offwell

Historical Forms

  • Laclive 13th ADi
  • atte Clive 1316 Ipm

Etymology

is Laclive 13th AD i, atte Clive 1316Ipm (p) . v. clif . There is a steep descent here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement