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Survey of English Place-Names

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Yarncliff Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Hathersage

Historical Forms

  • Yarncliff Woods 1809 Fairbank

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Yarncliff Woods 1809Fairbank , probably ' eagle cliff ' , from earn ( dial . yarn ' eagle ' ) and clif .