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.

Clifton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Deddington

Historical Forms

  • Cliftona c.1170 OxonCh

Etymology

'tūnon the river bank'; v. clif and cf. Clifton Hampden 149.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement