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.

Rowcliffe

Other OS name in the Parish of Mariansleigh

Historical Forms

  • Roweclyve 1333 SR
  • Roughcleave 1765 D

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Roweclyve 1333SR (p), Roughcleave 1765 D . ' Rough hillside , ' v. clif .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement