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.

Redcliff Point

Other OS name in the Parish of Osmington

Historical Forms

  • Ham Cliff 1773 Bayly 1811 OS

Etymology

, Radcliff Pt . c. 1825 Map , Ham Cliff 1773 Bayly, 1811 OS , a coastal promontory , v. rēad , clif , point ; Ham may be from hamm in the sense ' promontory ' or from the wk . obl . form hēan of hēah ' high ' .