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.

Barnscliff

Early-attested site in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Barnesclif, Barnescliff(e) 13 1441 YDx
  • Barnscliffe 1726 WYEnr

Etymology

Barnscliff (lost), Barnesclif , Barnescliff (e )13 Pont, Hnt ii, 254, 1441 YD x, Barnscliffe 1726WYEnr 233. 'Beorn's bank', v. Barnsley supra , clif . From YD x it appears to have been near the west field of Barnsley.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site