Old Clee
  Grid Reference TA 295 084 GB  
 
Old Clee is in the Clee Road (A46) and Carr Lane area of eastern Grimsby and joins Cleethorpes, with which it has a historic connection.
Church of Holy Trinity and Saint Mary, claimed to be the oldest building in Grimsby, has a Saxon tower dating from 1050 AD. The nave was rebuilt and the transepts added in Norman times. St Hugh, the first Bishop of Lincoln, re-dedicated the church on 5th March 1192, during the reign of King Richard the Lionheart.
Holy Trinity and Saint Mary

The parish church was purposely built to watch for Viking invaders and to protect the villagers from Viking invasion.

There was a settlement here at the time of the Norman Conquest, forming the larger parish of clee which included Weelsby, Oole, Itterby and Thrunscoe. It formed part of the wider ancient parish of Clee that also included Weelsby to the west and Oole, Itterby and Thrunscoe to the east. These last three settlements became Cleethorpes.
The western boundary of Clee parish with Grimsby ran along the eastern side of what is now Scartho Road cemetery, crossed Weelsby Road, through the Peoples Park, then veered north-east into Welholme Road. From there it continued north along the length of and included Willingham Street, also taking in part of Pasture Street, Bradley Street to Hainton Square.
In 1889 Old Clee was absorbed by Grimsby. In 1894 this area became the civil parish of Clee, in the borough of Grimsby. The land between Old Clee and New Clee (now known as East Marsh) soon became heavily populated and the agriculture was lost from old Clee.
 
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