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.
Survey of English place-names
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Langbargh East Wapentake
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Arnecliff
Arnecliff
Early-attested site in the Parish of Egton
Historical Forms
Erneclive
1223
FF
Etymology
'Eagles' cliff'
v.
earn
,
clif
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Bluewath Beck
Newbegin
Westonby House
Bridge Holme
Short Wait
Wheeldale and Wheeldale Rigg
Lease Rigg
Shunner Howe
Major Settlement
Egton
