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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cliffe Field Road

Other OS name in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

  • le Cliffs 1308 Halliii
  • Ecklyffe alias le Clyff alias the Clyff Fieldes 1571 ib
  • Cliffield(e) Yate 1564 ParReg
  • Cliffield(e) 1597,1598 ib

Etymology

, cf. ( del ) Clyfe 13th Beau ( p ) , le Cliffs 1308 Hall iii, Ecklyffe alias le Clyff alias the Clyff Fieldes 1571 ib,Cliffield (e ) Yate 1564 ParReg, Cliffield (e )1597, 1598 ib . It is on the slopes above the R . Sheaf , v. clif , feld .