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.

Hen Cliff

Other OS name in the Parish of Kimmeridge

Historical Forms

  • Hen Cliff or Kimmeridge Head c.1825 Map

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Hen Cliff or Kimmeridge Head c. 1825 Map , perhaps ' stone cliff ' , v. hān , clif , cf. Hencliff Gl 379 , but alternatively the first el . may be hēah ( wk . obl . hēan ) ' high ' or henn ' hen ' .