English Place-name Society

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.

Clifton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Conisbrough

Historical Forms

  • Cliftune, Clifton(e), Clyfton(e) 1086 DB 1154–9 Lewes25d 1194–9 YChviii 13 Lewes295 1297 LS 1312 Ch 1655 WillS
  • Cliftunne 1164–81 YChviii

Etymology

Clifton, Cliftune , Clifton (e ), Clyfton (e )1086 DB, 1154–9Lewes 25d, 1194–9 YCh viii, 13Lewes 295, 1297 LS, 1312 Chet passim to 1655 WillS, Cliftunne 1164–81 YCh viii. 'Cliff farmstead', v. clif , tūn . Clifton is at the upper end of a steep bank.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement