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Survey of English Place-Names

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Truncliffe

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Turneclyff, Turnecliffe 1542,1602 WYD

Etymology

, 1850TA , Turneclyff , Turnecliffe 1542, 1602 WYD , ' roundcliff ' , v. trun , clif .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name