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.

Catsclough, Cat's Clough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Cats Clough, Cats Clough Wood 1831 Bry
  • Cattiscliue c.1180 AddCh

Etymology

Catsclough, Cat's Clough, Cats Clough , Cats Clough Wood 1831 Bry, Cattiscliue c.1180AddCh , 'wild-cat's cliff', v. catt , clif . The final el. has been replaced by clōh 'a dell, a ravine'.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site