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.

Sharpeclif

Field in the Parish of Hartshorne

Historical Forms

  • Sharpeclif c.1245 DbAns c.1270 DbAns

Etymology

Sharpeclif c. 1245, c. 1270(v. scearp, clif)