Jock's Cleugh
valley · Northumberland
Old EnglishAI-generated
Jock's Cleugh is likely named after the personal name 'Jock', a diminutive of John, combined with the Old English term 'cloh' meaning a ravine. It refers to a ravine associated with someone called Jock.
Word origins
- Jock's
- Old Englishbelonging to Jock(from Jock "diminutive of John")
- Cleugh
- Old Englishravine(from cloh "ravine, steep-sided valley")