Old Clee is in the eastern part of Grimsby, England. It adjoins the neighbouring town of Cleethorpes and its southern boundary is formed by Clee Road (A46). The village of Clee is listed in the Domesday Book and traces of the original village remain at Old Clee. The parish church has a Saxon tower dating from 1050 AD, which is claimed to be the oldest building in Grimsby.

Historically Clee was separate from Grimsby. With neighbouring Weelsby it formed the township of Clee-with-Weelsby (part of a wider Clee parish which also included the township of Cleethorpes-with-Thrunscoe).

From Weelsby Road the western boundary with Grimsby parish ran through Peoples Park, then veered north-east (crossing what would later become Legsby Avenue and Farebrother Street) into Welholme Road. It continued along the western side of Willingham Street to Hainton Square.

The boundary then took in Eleanor Street and Heneage Road, crossed Wellington Street, ran between Albion Street and Hope Street to Cleethorpe Road, ending at Humber Street near Grimsby docks. Everything to the east of this line (as far as the Cleethorpes boundary) was part of the Clee-with-Weelsby township. The southern boundary with Humberston was formed by the Buck Beck.

From the 1860s, due to a shortage of land for building in Grimsby, houses were built across the border in the northern part of Clee (New Clee), near Grimsby docks. The population rapidly increased in the area between Hope Street and Park Street (the boundary with Cleethorpes). In 1889 New Clee, Old Clee (and part of Weelsby) were absorbed by Grimsby. During the following years the open space between New Clee and Old Clee village disappeared as housing developments spread into the Grant Thorold and Carr Lane areas.

External links

• Parish of Old Clee
• Old Clee Junior School
• Map