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.

Nethercleave

Other OS name in the Parish of Tiverton

Historical Forms

  • Netherclyff 1541 SR

Etymology

is Netherclyff 1541SR . Cf. the same name supra 339 . The place is on a steep hillside .