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'Shawn Keogh runs in carrying a '''cleeve''' on his back, followed by the Widow Quin.' ''From 'The Playboy of the Western World' by J. M. Synge'' |
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'''Cleeve''' may refer to the following places in England: |
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'The cleeve is a basket made of sally rods and is still used for carrying turf, potatoes and turnips. The cleeve was made to hold a hundredweight of turnips or potatoes.' ''From ‘Weights And Measures Of The Major Food Commodities In Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland: A Regional Perspective’. |
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By DERMOT FEENAN, School of Law, University of Ulster, and LIAM KENNEDY, School of Modern History, Queen’s University, Belfast Received 25 October 2000. Read 5 February 2001. Published 11 November 2002, Abstract, page 28'' |
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*[[Cleeve, Somerset]], a village in North Somerset |
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Cleever; one who deals in poultry; because he carries them in a cleeve or large wicker basket, ''(Morris: South Monaghan.) Irish cliabh [cleeve], a basket. From P. W. Joyce's "English As We Speak It In Ireland." (1910).'' |
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*[[Old Cleeve]], a small village between Williton and Dunster in Somerset |
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*[[Chapel Cleeve]], another small village between Williton and Dunster in Somerset |
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*[[Cleeve Abbey]], a ruined Cistercian abbey, just south of Washford in Somerset, now owned by English Heritage |
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*[[Bishop's Cleeve]], a village in Gloucestershire |
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*[[Cleeve railway station]], a former station near Bishop's Cleeve |
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*[[Cleeve, Oxfordshire]], part of [[Goring-on-Thames]] |
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==See also== |
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*[[Cleave (disambiguation)]] |
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*[[Cleeve Hill (disambiguation)]] |
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*[[Cleve (disambiguation)]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:28, 20 March 2021
Look up cleeve in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Cleeve may refer to the following places in England:
- Cleeve, Somerset, a village in North Somerset
- Old Cleeve, a small village between Williton and Dunster in Somerset
- Chapel Cleeve, another small village between Williton and Dunster in Somerset
- Cleeve Abbey, a ruined Cistercian abbey, just south of Washford in Somerset, now owned by English Heritage
- Bishop's Cleeve, a village in Gloucestershire
- Cleeve railway station, a former station near Bishop's Cleeve
- Cleeve, Oxfordshire, part of Goring-on-Thames
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