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.

Whitcliffe Mills

Early-attested site in the Parish of Easby

Historical Forms

Hwittecliff 1275 RichReg

Etymology

There is a white limestone scar here, v. hwit , clif .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement