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Survey of English Place-Names

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hundecliff '

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • hundecliff ' 1332 Rut 1366 Rut
  • houndecliff ' 1333 Rut
  • Huntclyff 1352 Rut
  • hundewelleforlang e.14 BelCartA

Etymology

hundecliff' 1332, 1366, houndecliff' 1333, Huntclyff 1352 bis (v. clif), hundewelleforlang e. 14 (v. wella, furlang) (either with hund' a hound' or with the OE   pers. n. Hund)