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.

Rawcliff

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Rouclif, Rouclyff 1334 ForP 1408 For
  • Rocliffe 1619 NRS

Etymology

This is probably the same as Rawcliffe (Bulm) 15supra .