CLEVELY or CLEVELEY in the Parish of Enstone, Oxfordshire, England

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This page shows an extract of an old book about the County of Oxford, Chadlington Hundreds showing the origination of the name of the hamlet of CLEVELEY (or CLEVELY).

CLEVELY

Clivelai (ter) 1194-1221 Winchcombe et passim with variant spellings Clivele(h), Clivel(e)ia, Cliveley(a), Clyvelye, Clivel', Clivele(ye), Clyvele(ya) to 1341 Cl
Clevele1319 Winchcombe
Clieveley 1587 AD, Clievely 1797 Davis

"Wood or clearing on a clif," v. le(a)h. In this name clif may mean "river bank" or "hill slope."

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