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.

Kirk Cliff

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Kirkcliffe 1723 Watson

Etymology

, Kirkcliffe 1723 Watson 553 , ' church bank ' , v. kirkja , clif , but the allusion is obscure .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name