Place:Cleehill, Shropshire, England

Watchers
  • no watchers


NameCleehill
Alt namesClee Hillsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeVillage
Located inShropshire, England
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Cleehill is a village in 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.

It lies on the slope of Titterstone Clee Hill and, lying between and metres above sea level, it is one of the highest settlements in the county. The village has Shropshire's highest public house, at , named "The Kremlin" (previously the Craven Arms), and Shropshire's highest school.

The A4117 runs through the village and there is a cattle grid stretching over this major thoroughfare due to the road running across common land. The road reaches an elevation of 381 metres as it passes Titterstone Clee Hill just to the east of the village, and is often affected by snow in winter.

The village has a football club called "Clee Hill United", who play their home games at Knowle Sports Ground, the highest venue in the Mercian Regional Football League at an elevation of 285-290m.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Cleehill. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Cleehill%2C_Shropshire%2C_England"