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Survey of English Place-Names

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Clifford Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Cliffers 1848 TA

Etymology

, ( Hanging & Top ) Cliffers 1848TA , probably the surname Clifford , as the house is near the top of a hill and cannot be named from a ford .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name