Previously a separate village, its parish church of Holy Trinity and Saint Mary, claimed to be the oldest building in Grimsby, has an Anglo-Saxon tower dating from 1050.

Located in the area are the Old Clee infants and junior schools (Colin Avenue) and the Havelock Academy (Holyoake Road).

A long-standing dispute with Grimsby over the position of the boundary stone near what is now Bath Street was legally settled in favour of Clee in 1830.

Under the Enclosure award of 1846 land in Clee village and Cleethorpes was divided between various landowners, mainly G.F. Heneage, Richard Thorold and Sidney Sussex College.

An early church existed in Old Clee prior to the Norman Conquest which was under the supervision of the Austin canons of Wellow Abbey.

[9] Its Saxon tower dates to 1050,[10] while a Latin inscription records the dedication of the church,[9] to 'Saint Trinity and St. Mary the Virgin', by Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, in 1192.

[11] The church was intended to provide not only a place of worship, but also a vantage point from which to watch for Viking invaders and a sanctuary to protect the villagers.