Clumpcliffe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Methley
Historical Forms
- Clubclifrowe 1380 MethMR
- Clubcliff(e) 1592,1601 Meth 1630 PRMth 1817 M
- Clubecliffe 1469 MethMR
- Clobeclyfe 1532 TestLds
- Clump cliffe 1841 O.S.
Etymology
Clumpcliffe, Clubclifrowe 1380 MethMR, Clubcliff (e )1592, 1601 Meth, 1630 PRMth, 1817 M, Clubecliffe 1469 MethMR, Clobeclyfe 1532 TestLds, Clump cliffe 1841 O.S. The first el. is ME clobe , clubbe 'a club, a thick stick' (ON klubba from earlier klumba , which is related to e.ModE clump 'heap, mass, lump', 'a clump of trees'), but its meaning in this p.n. is uncertain; the house stands at the top of a bank and topographically the root meaning 'heap ' or 'lump' would be adequate, as would 'stump' or the like, v. clif . v. Addenda.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Carr Hall, Carr Houses
- Ear Moits
- Cringlesworth
- Hungate, Hungate Lane
- Methley Mires
- Mickletown
- Moor Ho
- Thorpe
- Wood Row
Other OS name
- Almshouses
- Bond Ho
- Church Side
- Common Side
- Coney Moor
- Crooked Park
- Dunford Ho
- Green Lane
- Green Row
- Hazel Fm
- High Town
- Holme Fm
- Melwood Ho
- Methley Bridge
- Methley Grange
- Methley Hall
- Methley Lanes
- Methley Park
- Middle Row
- Mill Moor
- Moss Carr
- Oaksfield
- Parkin Fm
- Pinder Green
- Watergate
- White House Fm
- Willow Grove
- Windmill Moor
- Winter Wood
- Boat Lane
- Pinfold Lane
- Scholey Hill
- Shan Hall
- Silver Row
- Smirthwaite Ho
- Stoney Lane
- Astley Coal Staith
- Long Row
- Sand Hold Hill
- White Cross Field
- Allerton Ferry
- Lemon Royd
- Pit Lane
- West Hall