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CLEEVE (Old), a parish in Williton district, Somerset; on the coast, adjacent to the Brendon-Hills and the Taunton and Watchet railway, 2 miles SW of Watchet r. station. It includes the chapelry of Leighland, and the hamlets of Warren, London, Binham, Chapel-Cleeve, Blue Anchor, Bilbrook, Pittaker, Hungerford, Stouts, Roughmore, Pancras, Roadwater, Croydon, Goldoncott, Traphole, Pitt, Chidgley, Stacklepath, Hookhill, Old-house, Prettys, Stanborough, and part of Washford; and its post town is Williton, under Taunton. Acres, 5, 413; of which 440 are water. Real property, £7, 491. Pop., 1, 529. Houses, 308. The property is divided among a few. High craggy cliffs are on the coast, commanding fine views across the Bristol channel; and alabaster abounds near Blue Anchor, and is collected and ground for cement in a mill at Williton. A Cistertian abbey was founded in the Vallis Florida, or flowery vale, in the time of Henry II., by William de Romana, Earl of Lincoln; and endowed with the property of the entire parish. A gatehouse of it, bearing an inscription, and some dilapidated walls and arches, partly incorporated with farm-buildings, are still standing. A Lady's chapel, long a resort of devotees, and still represented by some fragments, stood between the church and Blue Anchor. A fragment of a cross, for guidance to the chapel, stands between the church and Washford; and another ancient cross, in tolerable preservation, stands in the churchyard. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £520.* Patron, Rev. J. B. Webb. The church is ancient, with floor slanting upward from the tower to the chancel; but is in good condition. The vicarage of Leighland is a separate benefice. Charities, £18.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Old Cleeve AP/CP Williton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | CLEEVE | CLEEVE OLD | OLD CLEEVE |
| Place: | Old Cleeve |
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