Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Norheclof c.1200 Fitt

• Northcliffe c.1200 Orm2 17

• Northcliff 1276 Cl

• Northclyff 1276 Ipm

• Northclif 1260 Court

• Northclyf 1307 Plea

• (vill' de) Northclyve m13 Earw

• Northclyf in Pounale 1397 Plea

• Nord(e)clyf, Nortclyf, Nord(e)clyffe, Nortclyffe 1270 Earw 1276

• (Le) Norclif 1276 Earw

• Norclyf(f) 1378,1387 Plea

• Norclyffe, Norclyffe Mylne 1612 Earw

• Norcliff 1427 ChRR

• Norcliffe, Norcliffe heth 1335 Fitt

Etymology

'North cliff', v. norð , clif , with hall , myln , hǣð . It is named from the steep north bank of R. Bollin.