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Survey of English Place-Names

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White Cliff

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Longstone

Historical Forms

  • Whyteclyffe c.1570 Portland
  • Over, Littel Whitecliffe 1665 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Whyteclyffe c. 1570Portland , Over , Littel Whitecliffe 1665ib , v. hwīt , clif .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement