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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rockcliffe

Other OS name in the Parish of Calverley

Historical Forms

  • Rocliffe (close) 1580 YDiv 1585 Stansf
  • Rawcliff 1771 M

Etymology

, Rocliffe (close )1580 YD iv, 1585Stansf 341, Rawcliff 1771 M , perhaps of the same origin as Rawcliffe ii, 22supra ( v. rauðr ' red ' , clif ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement