English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Cliff

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Cliff 1374 HAS

Etymology

, the Cliff 1374 HAS 17, 212 , v. clif ' asteep bank ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name