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.

Balkcliffe

Other OS name in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • Baycliffe Hilly (sic) 1841 TA

Etymology

, Baycliffe Hilly (sic)1841TA , v. balca ' ridge ' , clif ; it is a steep declivity at the end of a ridge .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name