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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Cliff

Other OS name in the Parish of Turnworth

Historical Forms

  • Cliff 1840 TA

Etymology

, Cliff 1840TA , v. clif ' cliff, bank,escarpment ' , cf. Elias de La faleyse 1255AD ( a witness in a charter concerning Turnworth ) , from OFr  faleise ' cliff ' .