Cleeve Prior

Cleeve Prior is a village in the Vale of Evesham Worcestershire, England. It is situated five miles north-east of Evesham. There are many picturesque houses made from the local lias stone, including the Kings Arms public house and the 150-year-old school. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew, and has 6 bells which are rung for the parish service each Sunday.

Cleeve Prior
Cleeve Prior is located in Worcestershire
Cleeve Prior
Cleeve Prior
Location within Worcestershire
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEvesham
Postcode districtWR11
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

History
See also: History of Worcestershire

The name Cleeve, attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Clyve, comes from the dative singular form of the Old English word clif ('cliff, bank, steep hill'), referring in this case to the rising ground above the River Avon on which the village is situated. The estate was the property of the Priors of Worcester from early times (recorded in their Latin records as Clyve Prioris) accounting for the Prior element of the name, distinguishing it from nearby Bishop's Cleeve.[1][2]

References
  1. A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of English Place Names (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), s.v. Cleeve.
  2. Mawer, A; Stenton, F M (1969). The Place-Names of Worcestershire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 314.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cleeve Prior.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.