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Survey of English Place-Names

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Nabscliffe

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Nabb(s) Cliff 1709 WMB
  • Butterlaynabbe 1308 WCR

Etymology

, Nabb (s ) Cliff 1709 WMB , cf. Nabbe acre 1550 YD viii , named from Butterlaynabbe 1308 WCR , v. Butterleysupra , nabbi ' a hill, knoll ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site