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

Other OS name in the Parish of Dartmouth

Historical Forms

  • Clifton(e) t.Ed1 HMCv,601
  • Clifton(e) upon Dertemuth 1302 Ch
  • Clifton(e) Manstell 1368 IpmR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Clifton (e )t. Ed 1 HMC v, 601, Clifton (e ) upon Dertemuth 1302 Ch,Clifton (e ) Manstell 1368 IpmR . v. supra . Manstell is possibly a corruption of the name of the family of ( de ) Mortellis , Morcellis Morceaux , who held the manors of Stoke Fleming and Townstal in DB .