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 Cross, Dikes, Hall, & Wells

Other OS name in the Parish of Clifton

Historical Forms

  • Clifton Dykes 1672 NWm

Etymology

( -cross (e )BdyR ( Og 2 ) , 1787 ClarkeM ) ( 1744 PR(Brm) , Clifton Dykes 1672 NWm 300 , on the north parish boundary ) ( 1671 Fleming , 1766 PR(Brm) , cf. NWm 298 ) , v. cros , dīc , hall , wella .