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Clee, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Clee, a parish in Lincolnshire, consisting of the village of Clee, the township of Cleethorpes, which is noticed separately, and the hamlets of Thrunscoe, Weelsby, and New Cleethorpes. Clee is about 2 miles SE from Great Grimsby, on the southern shore of the Humber and German Ocean. It has a station at Cleethorpes on the M.S. & L.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office, also at Cleethorpes, under Great Grimsby. The living is a rectory, with Cleethorpes and Weelsby annexed, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net yearly value, £396. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is a cruciform building of stone of the Saxon and Early Norman periods. Weelsby House is a chief residence. Area of the whole parish, 3596 acres of land and 1199 of tidal water; population, 10,311.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishClee Holy Trinity 
Poor Law unionCaistor 
WapentakeBradley-Haverstoe 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Villages, Hamlets, &c

Thrunscoe
Weelsby