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.

Ratcliffes

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorverton

Historical Forms

  • Radeclyve in Thurfurton
  • Radeclyve 1340 NGl4,11

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Radeclyve in Thurfurton n.d. Oliver 123, Radeclyve 1340 NGl 4, 11 . ' Red steep slope , ' v. clif . The s is pseudo - manorial .

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