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.

Cat Stones

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Cats Cliff 1831 ib

Etymology

, Cats Cliff 1831 ib , probably ' rocks frequentedby the wild cat ' , v. cat(t) , stān , clif .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site