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.

Addercliff

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bristol

Historical Forms

  • Adderclyf(f) 1492,1512 Comp
  • Aderclyff c.1540 AOMB
  • Aldercliffe 1540 MinAcct

Etymology

Addercliff Adderclyf (f )1492, 1512 Comp 174, 208–9, Aderclyff c. 1540AOMB , Aldercliffe 1540MinAcct . Possibly 'cliff or bank where adders were found' (v. nǣddre , clif ), but the first el. may well be a shortened form of such OE  pers.ns. as Aldrēd as in Adderley (Sa 19), etc.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement