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Survey of English Place-Names

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West Cliff

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • West Cliff Common 1839 TA

Etymology

, 1892 Map , West Cliff Common 1839TA , cf. les cliffes 1607 Hutch3 , past ' under the Cliff 1608LRMB , v. clif .

Places in the same Parish