A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CLEE, a township and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln. The township bears the name of Clee-with-Weelsby; and lies on the coast, and on the East Lincoln railway, 1½ mile SE of Great Grimsby. Pop., 325. Houses, 67. The parish contains also the township of Cleethorpes-with-Thrunscoe; and its post town is Grimsby. Acres, 9, 790; of which 6, 210 are water. Rated property, £4, 435. Pop., 1, 555. Houses, 335. The property is divided among a few. The sea has made great encroachment; an expanse of sand, 2 miles broad, comes up to Clee-Ness, at the mouth of the Humber; and the Black Beacon, 60 feet high, crowns a neighbouring ridge. A number of deep fountains, called Blow wells, vulgarly alleged to be unfathomable, emit perennial streams of pure water. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is cruciform and partly Norman; has a western tower; and contains a curious font, inscribed with the date 1192. See Cleethorpes.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Clee CP Caistor RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Clee |
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