Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cludun 1086 DB

• Cluthum 1154–64 YCh72

• Cluh(e)rum 12 c.1170 Vyner

• Clurum 12 Font

• Clutherum 1155–95 YCh83 1288 Font 1457 FountBurs

• Clud(e)rum c.1190 Fount 1196 P 13 Font

• Cloth(e)rum, Cloth(e)rom 1257 Vyner 1291 Ebor 1311 Ch 1623 FF

• Cloutherum, Cloutherom 1295 YI 1297 LS 1323 Ripi

• Clotherholme 1546 Fount

• Cloudderū 1581 PRRip

Etymology

From OE  (æt þǣm ) clūderum '(at the) rocks', dat.pl. of clūder , a derivative of OE  clūd 'rock' and an unmutated form of the OE  clȳder found in Clitheroe La 78 (cf. Ritter 7, v. -um ). The spellings in -th - are due to ON  influence and those with Cluherum , etc. are AN (cf. High Melton i, 76supra ), v. Addenda.