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