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.

Actoncliff, The Cliff, Cliff Brook & Cliff Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Weaverham

Historical Forms

  • Acton Cliff 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Acton Cliff 1831 Bry , cf. Cliff Field 1839TA , Bridenefordclyf infra , named from a steep bluff over R . Weaver , v. clif . The brook was Mill Brook 1831 Bry , cf. ActonMill supra , v. myln , brōc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site