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Jacks Key Clough

valley · Blackburn with Darwen

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name likely derives from the Old English personal name 'Jacc', a diminutive of 'John', combined with 'cæg', meaning a key or causeway, and 'cloh', meaning a steep-sided valley. It refers to a valley with a causeway associated with a person named Jack.

Word origins

Jacks
Old EnglishPossessive of Jack(from Jacc "diminutive of John")
Key
Old EnglishCauseway(from cæg "key, causeway")
Clough
Old EnglishRavine, steep-sided valley(from cloh "ravine, gorge")