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.

Whitcliff Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ham & Stone

Historical Forms

  • Wyteclyve (park) c.1270 Berk
  • Whitclyue, Whyt(e)clyue, Whyt(e)clyff 1368 Ipm 1492,1497 Pat
  • Whyt(e)clyff Parke 1543 AOMB 1545 Surv
  • Whickliff 1575 TRMB

Etymology

Whitcliff Park, Wyteclyve (park )c. 1270 Berk, Whitclyue , Whyt(e)clyue , Whyt (e )clyff 1368 Ipm, 1492, 1497 Pat, Whyt (e )clyff Parke 1543AOMB , 1545Surv , Whickliff 1575TRMB . 'The white cliff or bank', v. hwīt , clif ; it was one of the parks of Berkeley (v. park ).