Radclive
Major Settlement in the Parish of Radclive
Historical Forms
- Radeclive 1086 DB
- Redeclive 1314 Ch
- Radeclife 1362 New
- Radeclef 1385 Pat
- Raclyff 1526 LS
- Ratcliff 1537 LP 1590 New 1755 BW
- Ratclyffe 1542 LP
- Ratley 1675 Ogilby
- Radcliff c.1825 O
Etymology
OE rēadan clife (dat.), 'red cliff' above the Ouse. v. read , clif .For d > t before c , cf. Ratcliff (Mx). Final f is often lost, as in [jakli] for Aycliffe (Du). Cf. also Ratley in Speed's map for Ratcliffe (So). 'The soil all round the village has under certain aspects a distinctly reddish hue' (Harman).