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 Weare Gifford

Historical Forms

  • Cleave 1771 Recov
  • atte Clyve 1333 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Cleave 1771Recov and was the home of Nicholasatte Clyve (1333SR ) , v. clif . It is on a steep hillside .

Places in the same Parish