{{Short description|Hamlet in Wiltshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name= Seend Cleeve |static_image_name= Seend Cleeve.jpg |static_image_caption= Main road of Seend Cleeve, with the village's only red telephone box visible in the background |coordinates = {{coord|51.348|-2.101|type:city(100)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= ST931610 |civil_parish= Seend |unitary_england= Wiltshire Council |lieutenancy_england= Wiltshire |region=South West England |country= England |constituency_westminster = Melksham and Devizes |post_town= Melksham |postcode_district= SN12 |postcode_area= SN |dial_code= 01380 |website= [http://www.seendparishcouncil.co.uk/ Parish Council] }}
'''Seend Cleeve''' is a large hamlet or sub-village immediately west of Seend in Wiltshire, England. It lies about {{convert|2.3|mi|km}} southeast of the town of Melksham.
A Primitive Methodist chapel with Sunday school was built in 1841 at Seend Cleeve.<ref name=CommunityHistory>{{cite web |url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/982 |title=Primitive Methodist Chapel, Seend Cleeve |year=2006 |work=Wiltshire Community History |publisher=Wiltshire Council |access-date=29 December 2010}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Seend Cleeve Primitive Methodist chapel |url=https://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/content/chapels/wiltshire-2/q-z/seend_cleeve_primitive_methodist_chapel |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=My Primitive Methodists |language=en}}</ref> In 1849, the chapel was rebuilt in red brick with ashlar quoins.<ref name=CommunityHistory/><ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1243919|desc=Former Primitive Methodist Chapel|access-date=13 February 2023|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The chapel closed in 1979<ref name=":0" /> and was converted into a private house in 2012.<ref name=CommunityHistory/>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seend |url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/197 |access-date=13 February 2023 |website=Wiltshire Community History |publisher=Wiltshire Council}}</ref>
Seend Cleeve has two public houses: the ''Barge Inn''<ref>[http://www.bargeinnseend.co.uk/home.php The Barge Inn]</ref> on the Kennet and Avon Canal, and the ''Brewery Inn''.
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==Further reading== *{{Cite book |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol7/pp91-121 |series=Victoria County History |title=A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 7 |chapter=Parishes: Melksham |pages=91-121 |editor1-first=R. B. |editor1-last=Pugh |editor1-link=Ralph Pugh |editor2-first=Elizabeth |editor2-last=Crittall |author-first1=H. F. |author-last1=Chettle |author-first2=W. R. |author-last2=Powell |author-first3=P. A. |author-last3=Spalding |author-first4=P. M. |author-last4=Tillott |date=1953 |via=British History Online |publisher=University of London |access-date=28 April 2022}}
==External links== * [http://www.seendparishcouncil.co.uk/ Seend Parish Council] * [http://www.seend.org.uk/ Seend community website] {{Commons category-inline}}
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Category:Villages in Wiltshire