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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Clatterwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • Clatrewik(e), Claterwik(e), Claterwick 13 AD
  • Claterwuc 14 ib
  • Claterwike in Legh 1545 Orm2
  • Clatterwig(ge) H3(1666),1244 Orm2
  • Claturwyk 1416 AD

Etymology

Clatterwick, Clatrewik (e ), Claterwik (e ), Claterwick 13 AD (p), Claterwuc 14 ib, Claterwike in Legh 1545 Orm2, Clatterwig (ge )H3 (1666), 1244 Orm2, Claturwyk 1416 AD, 'rubble hamlet', v. clater 'loose stones, a heap of boulders, a pile of ruins', wīc . Cf. Clatterdishes 325infra , Whitley Brook 139.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site