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.

Clifton

Other OS name in the Parish of East Down

Historical Forms

Estclyftowme, West Clyftowne 1630 DCoNQ3,47

Etymology

is Estclyftowme , West Clyftowne 1630 DCo NQ 3, 47 , v. clif , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

East Down