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.

Maddacleave Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Tavistock and Tavistock Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Maderclif 1378 Oliver

Etymology

is Maderclif 1378 Oliver 89 . ' Steep hillside where madder grew , ' v. clif and cf. Maddacombe infra 505 .