Old Cleeve, Somerset : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Old Cleeve. You may be able to find further references to Old Cleeve in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Cleeve, Old coastal parish Bartholomew
CLEEVE (Old) a parish Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Old Cleeve.

Place Type of entry Source
Bilbrook hamlet Bartholomew
BILBROOK a hamlet Imperial
Binham hamlet Bartholomew
BINHAM a hamlet Imperial
Blue Anchor hamlet with railway station Bartholomew
BLUE ANCHOR a hamlet Imperial
Chapel Cleeve coastal hamlet Bartholomew
CHAPEL-CLEEVE a hamlet Imperial
Chidgley hamlet Bartholomew
CHIDGLEY a hamlet Imperial
CROYDON a hamlet Imperial
Goldsoncott hamlet Bartholomew
GOLDSONCOTT a hamlet Imperial
Hookhill hamlet Bartholomew
HOOKHILL a hamlet Imperial
Hungerford hamlet Bartholomew
HUNGERFORD a hamlet Imperial
Leighland ecclesiastical district and village Bartholomew
LEIGHLAND a chapelry Imperial
LONDON a hamlet Imperial
Oldhouse hamlet Bartholomew
OLD HOUSE a hamlet Imperial
Pancras hamlet Bartholomew
PANCRAS a hamlet Imperial
PITT and PITTACRE two hundreds Imperial
PRETTYS a hamlet Imperial
Road water village with railway station Bartholomew
ROADWATER a hamlet Imperial
Roughmore hamlet Bartholomew
ROUGHMORE a hamlet Imperial
Stamborough hamlet Bartholomew
STAMBOROUGH a hamlet Imperial
STICKLEPAT H a hamlet Imperial
STOUTS a hamlet Imperial
TRAPHOLE a hamlet Imperial
Warren hamlet Bartholomew
WARREN a hamlet Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Nettlecombe 0 2
Leighland 0 2
Withycombe 0 2
Chapel Cleeve 0 2
Monksilver 0 2
Blue Anchor 0 2
Carhampton 1 3
St Decumans 0 2
Treborough 0 2
Williton 0 2
Sampford Brett 0 2
Watchet 5 2
Luxborough 0 2
Stogumber 0 2
Dunster 4 2
Withiel Florey 0 2
Clatworthy 0 2
Elworthy 0 2
West Quantoxhead 0 3
Bicknoller 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Old Cleeve. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CLEEVE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CLEEVE OLD John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
OLD CLEEVE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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