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Hencliff Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Hanham Abbots

Historical Forms

  • Hanclif(f) 1575 TRMB 1779 Rudder

Etymology

, Hanclif (f )1575TRMB ,1779 Rudder , the first el . is without doubt OE  hān ' stone ' as in Hanham itself , v. clif .