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Furzy Cliff

Other OS name in the Parish of Preston

Etymology

, cf. Lytelclyf 1451Ct , Litulclyff 1461Rent , (land ) super le Clif (fe )1461ib , 1481MinAcct , le Clyf 1479Weld 1 , East Cliff (e ) (Beach )1838TA , v. fyrsig , lȳtel , clif , cf. also jannior ' voc ' Furses apud Jurdayns et Northedowne 1525Weld 1 , v. fyrs , Jordan Hill supra , Northdown infra .