OLD CLEEVE PARISH

Introduction

Old Cleeve (https://www.oldcleeveparishcouncil.org/) is a village 5 miles (8 km) south east of Minehead in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England, and also a civil parish. The civil parish of Old Cleeve covers an area of 2,092 hectares (5,170 acres) and includes the villages of Old Cleeve, Blue Anchor, Roadwater and Washford as well as hamlets such as Bilbrook, Chapel Cleeve, Golsoncott and Leighland Chapel. Approximately half the parish lies within the Exmoor National Park. The remaining half is on the southern edge of Exmoor. The village has been in existence since the early 13th century. The village held its first council meeting in 1711. By the 1720s the village had several churches, in which to meet. The town hall was built in 1727. The first church here was built in 1694, built by the Eastern Christian Society. This church was destroyed in a fire in 1847, and has been rebuilt and restored. In 2011, the population of the parish was 1,672.

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	2,196 hectares
Population	1,686 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	77 people/km²
Mean age	48.2
Ward	Old Cleeve & District
District	West Somerset
Postcodes	TA23, TA24
ONS ID	E04008851