Rawcliffe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Overton
Historical Forms
- Roud(e)clife 1086 DB
- Rout(h)ecliua, Routhecliue 1170 P 1208 FF e.13 RegAlbii.47d 1294 Ch
- Routheklif 1295 For
- Routheclyff 1301 LS 1323 Pat
- Rauþeclif 1295 For
- Roucliff, Rouclyf(f) 1309 Dugdiii.565 1318 Pap 1330 For 1342 Test 1364 FF
- Roclyff 1540 Dugdiii.570
Etymology
'Red cliff,' v. rauðr , klif . The name refers to the high reddish bank of the Ouse at this point.