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.

Langcliffe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Lanclif(f) 1086 DB 1217 Sawl102 1285 KI
  • Lang(e)clif(f), Lang(e)clyf(f) c.1160,1251 Sawl112d,117 1251 Font 1257 Percy 1270 Ch 1560 NCWills
  • Lancklyffe 1565 WillY

Etymology

'The long cliff', v. lang , clif . It refers to the long steep bank above the R. Ribble, terminating at its north end in a great limestone cliff.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name