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.

Wycliffe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wycliffe

Historical Forms

Witclive 1086 DB

Wigeclif c.1130 SD

Wittecliff 1275 RichReg

Wycliff 1285 KI

Etymology

'White cliff (or bank overlooking the Tees R.)' v. hwit , clif .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site