Clee, Lincolnshire

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.