Old Cleeve
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Old Cleeve is a village 5 miles south east of Minehead in Somerset, England, and also a civil parish. The civil parish of Old Cleeve covers an area of 2,092 hectares and includes the villages of Old C
Church of St Andrew, Old Cleeve
Countryside on the coastal path
Cleeve Abbey
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Cleeve Abbey is a medieval monastery located near the Washford River and village of Washford, in the English county of Somerset. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient mo
Old Cleeve
…clif ('cliff, bank, steep hill'). It became known as Old Cleeve to distinguish the principal village north of the main A39 road from the later site of Cleeve Abbey to the south. The hamlet of Golsoncott takes its name from the Old English words goldsmið ('goldsmith') and cott ('cottage…
The Dormitory at Cleeve Abbey, viewed from the North-East
View of Cleeve Abbey from the North-West
Expensive heraldic tiles demonstrate rising living standards at Cleeve in the latter part of the Middle Ages.
The abbey gatehouse