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.

Hill Cliff, Hill Cliffe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • Hullehul 1278 Misc
  • þe Hill 1705 Sheaf
  • Hulleclyf 1354 Plea
  • le Hillcliff 1464 LRODx
  • Hill Cliffe 1643 Sheaf
  • Hill Clift 1705 ib
  • Hill Cliff 1831 Bry
  • High clyffhill 1577 Saxton
  • Clift Hill 1690 Sheaf

Etymology

'The steep hill at Hull', v. hyll , clif , cf. Hull supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site