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Egglescliffe

village · Stockton-on-Tees

Old EnglishAI-generated

Egglescliffe means 'the church on the hill'. It combines an Old English word for church with a term for a hill or slope. The name likely refers to the prominent location of the village church.

Word origins

Eggles
Old Englishchurch(from ægles "church (genitive)")
cliffe
Old Englishhill, slope(from clif "cliff, steep slope")

Historical forms

Eclesclive · Eglesclive