Seend Cleeve
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| Seend Cleeve | |
|---|---|
Main road of Seend Cleeve, with the village's only red telephone box visible in the background | |
Location within Wiltshire | |
| OS grid reference | ST931610 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Melksham |
| Postcode district | SN12 |
| Dialling code | 01380 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Parish Council |
Seend Cleeve is a large hamlet or sub-village immediately west of Seend in Wiltshire, England. It lies about 2.3 miles (3.7 km) southeast of the town of Melksham.
A Primitive Methodist chapel with Sunday school was built in 1841 at Seend Cleeve.[1][2] In 1849, the chapel was rebuilt in red brick with ashlar quoins.[1][3] The chapel closed in 1979[2] and was converted into a private house in 2012.[1]
Seend Cleeve Quarry was a source of brown haematite; since 1987 the quarry has been a Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. There was an ironworks in the second half of the 19th century, and quarrying continued until 1946.[4]
Seend Cleeve has two public houses: the Barge Inn[5] on the Kennet and Avon Canal, and the Brewery Inn.