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Clee Hall
Clee may refer to * Clee Hills, a range of hills in Shropshire, England **Brown Clee Hill, the highest point in the county of Shropshire, in the Clee Hills **Titterstone Clee Hill, a hill in the Clee Hills, Shropshire * Clee Hill Junction, a railway junction in Shropshire *Cleehill, a village in Shropshire * Clee St Margaret, a village in Shropshire * Old Clee, a village in Lincolnshire, England * New Clee, a suburb of Grimsby, Lincolnshire **New Clee railway station, a railway station serving New Clee *Clee Park, the original ground of Grimsby Town F. C. (1880 - 1889) See Also Cleethorpes Cleethorpes () is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England with a population of 29,678 in 2021. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry ... People with the surname ''Clee'' * Lester H. Clee (1888 - 1962), American clergyman {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clee Hills
The Clee Hills are a range of hills in Shropshire, England near Ludlow, consisting of Brown Clee Hill , the highest peak in Shropshire, and Titterstone Clee Hill . They are both in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Geography The hills stretch over and run north–south, and for about this distance the lowest point along the hills is just under . Titterstone Clee Hill is around five miles south of Brown Clee Hill. The B4364 road from Ludlow to Bridgnorth runs between the two hills, offering good views of both. The hills have been said to form a "gateway" from the built up areas of the West Midlands to the hills and rural landscape of Wales and are at the heart of the Welsh Marches. Much quarrying has taken place on the hills over the years, and there are large air traffic control domes and radar towers on the summits of both hills which can be seen for many miles around. Views Views from the west of the hills spread as far as Snowdonia and Cadair Idris, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Clee Hill
Brown Clee Hill is the highest hill in the rural England, English county of Shropshire, at above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, and is in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Geography Brown Clee Hill lies five miles north of its sister and neighbour, Titterstone Clee Hill. The highest peak of the hill is Abdon Burf, at high with its shorter summit of Clee Burf being . Much more of Brown Clee Hill is private land than on Titterstone Clee, and large areas are covered with coniferous plantations. The eastern expanse of the hill is in possession of the Burwarton Estate under ownership of Viscount Boyne, whilst the western fringes of the hill are owned by various private land owners and the parish of Clee St. Margaret. The common land features the remains of where an Iron Age hill fort once stood Brown Clee Hill#History, ''(See Below)''. Nearby towns are Ludlow, Cleobury Mortimer, Church Stretton, Broseley, Bridgnorth and Much Wenlock. Several ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titterstone Clee Hill
Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The nearest town to the hill is Ludlow, which can be seen from parts of Cleehill village. Geography Titterstone Clee is the third-highest hill in Shropshire, surpassed only by the nearby Brown Clee Hill () and Stiperstones (). Much of the higher part of the hill is common land, used for the grazing of sheep, air traffic control services and both working and disused quarries. The summit of Titterstone Clee is bleak, treeless and shaped by decades of quarrying. Many of the industrial structures still remain. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clee Hill Junction
Clee Hill Junction was a railway junction in Shropshire, England, where the goods only line from Titterstone Clee Hill joined the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, a LNWR/ GWR joint line. It was situated 24 chains (about a quarter of a mile) to the north of Ludlow railway station. The branch line to Clee Hill operated between 1864 and 1962, and ran up to the hill via the villages of Middleton and Bitterley Bitterley is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 802, increasing to 902 at the 2011 Census. The village is about east of Ludlow on the west ..., where a marshalling yard was situated. Two rope inclines, one narrow gauge and one standard gauge, carried stone from the quarries on the Titterstone Clee Hill down to this yard. The standard gauge incline was one of the longest in Great Britain. References Further reading * Rail junctions in England Rail transport in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleehill
Cleehill is a village in south Shropshire, England. It is sometimes written as Clee Hill Village (including the road sign entering the village) to avoid confusion. It lies in the civil parish of Caynham. The market towns of Ludlow and Cleobury Mortimer are both distant, Ludlow to the west and Cleobury to the east. It lies on the slope of Titterstone Clee Hill and, lying between and above sea level, it is one of the highest settlements in the county. Amenities The village has Shropshire's highest school (the Clee Hill Community Primary School). Cleehill has a pub, the ''Cross on the Hill'' (currently the highest pub in Shropshire at 1200ft/366m), a small convenience store, a café (Brewe Clee Hill) and a fish and chips take-away. Until it closed in 2015, Shropshire's highest public house, at , was The Kremlin (previously the Craven Arms), located on the upper slopes of the village. There is a public car park by the A4117, which affords a considerable view over the Teme v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clee St Margaret
Clee St. Margaret is a small village and civil parish in the Clee Hills area of Shropshire, England. It is seven miles north east (about a fifteen-minute drive) from the market town of Ludlow. It lies at approximately above sea level. The Clee Brook passes through the settlement, as a 50-metre long, shallow ford. Local land use includes two small vineyards and extensive sheep grazing. There is a 900-year-old parish church and a village hall, but no pub. Clee St. Margaret had five pubs earlier during the height of the quarrying on nearby Brown Clee Hill. Historically the settlement also had a shop, a Methodist Chapel, a school and a post office. Population and housing The parish includes the hamlet of Cockshutford, at foot of Nordy Bank. The population in 2001 of Clee St. Margaret was 126, 65 being males and 61 being females. Over the years the population of this small village has declined: in 1871 it was over double today's average, at 297. The number of houses has also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Clee
Old Clee is located in the Clee Road ( A46) and Carr Lane area of eastern Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England, and adjoins the neighbouring town of Cleethorpes, to which it has historic links. It is in the Heneage ward of the North East Lincolnshire Unitary Council. Previously a separate village, its parish church of Holy Trinity and Saint Mary, claimed to be the oldest building in Grimsby, has an Anglo-Saxon tower dating from 1050. Located in the area are the Old Clee infants and junior schools (Colin Avenue) and the Havelock Academy (Holyoake Road). Nearby is the King George V Stadium. History The settlement of Clee was in existence by the time of the Norman Conquest and is mentioned in the Domesday Book, as a village of over twenty households, held by brothers Erik and Tosti in 1066, and by Odo, half-brother of William the Conqueror, following the conquest. Its Domesday Book name was ''Cleia'', from the Old English for clay, in reference to the area's soil. Clee wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Clee
New Clee is a suburb and an parish, ecclesiastical parish of Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire, England. The ecclesiastical parish is ''New Clee St John & St Stephen'', based on the eponymous parish church, includes suburban streets, the station, part of the docks, and Grant Thorold Park which was a 1904 gift to Grimsby. The parish is part of the Deanery of ''Grimsby & Cleethorpes''. The 2013 incumbent is the Revd Kay Jones. The original Saxon church of St. John the Evangelist was rebuilt in 1879, designed by James Fowler (architect), J. Fowler, the Louth, Lincolnshire, Louth architect. It was demolished when the Cleethorpes road was widened. The church, with both its dedications, now meets at the Shalom Centre in Rutland Street. According to the Church Urban Fund this is one of the most deprived areas in the country. Blundell Park football ground is in the suburb, but outside the ecclesiastical parish. The suburb is served by New Clee railway station. References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Clee Railway Station
New Clee railway station serves the suburb of New Clee, Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire, England. The station originally had two platforms, since reduced to one and is served by trains on the Barton line between Cleethorpes and Barton-Upon-Humber, operated by East Midlands Railway. New Clee is from Cleethorpes and only from Grimsby Docks station. The station was opened in 1875 when New Clee was established. The disused platform is still visible opposite the platform that is currently in use. Services All services at New Clee are operated by East Midlands Railway using Diesel multiple unit, DMUs. The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours in each direction between and . On Sundays, the station is served by four trains per day in each direction during the summer months only. No services call at the station on Sundays during the winter months. References External links {{Lincolnshire railway stations Railway stations in the Borough of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimsby Town F
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town in Lincolnshire, England with a population of 86,138 (as of 2021). It is located near the mouth on the south bank of the Humber that flows to the North Sea. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. It is the administrative centre of the borough of North East Lincolnshire, which alongside North Lincolnshire is officially part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Grimsby is north-east of Lincoln, (via the Humber Bridge) south-east of Hull, and east of Doncaster. Grimsby has notable landmarks including Grimsby Minster, Port of Grimsby, Cleethorpes Beach and Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre. Grimsby was once the home port for the world's largest fishing fleet around the mid-20th century, but fishing then fell sharply. The Cod Wars denied UK access to Icelandic fishing grounds and the European Union used its Common Fisheries Policy to parcel out fishing quotas to other European c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes () is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England with a population of 29,678 in 2021. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry, then developing into a resort in the 19th century. Before becoming a unified town, Cleethorpes was made up of the three small villages of Itterby, Oole and Thrunscoe. The town lies on the Prime meridian, Greenwich meridian and its average annual rainfall is amongst the lowest in the British Isles. In 2021, Trainline, The Trainline named Cleethorpes beach the second best seaside destination in the UK that is reachable by train, just behind Margate. History Before becoming a unified town, Cleethorpes was made up of three small villages: Itterby, Oole and Thrunscoe, which were part of a wider Parish (Church of England), parish called Clee (centred on Old Clee) named from ''clee'', an old form of the word ''clay''. The name ''Cleethorpes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
