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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cliff

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Cliffe, Clyffe 1577 HAS 1583 PREll
  • Rawnsleycliffe 1492 HAS

Etymology

, 1536 Rent , Cliffe , Clyffe 1577 HAS 16, 114, 1583 PREll,formerly Rawnsleycliffe 1492 HAS 40, 49 ; v. clif , and cf. Rawnlawe f.n. infra ; the family of Ransley of the Cliffe was so named 1583PREll 288 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name