Woodheys Clough
valley
Old EnglishAI-generated
Woodheys Clough combines 'woodheys' (Old English 'wuduhæġ', meaning a wood enclosure or hedge) with 'clough' (Old English 'cloh', meaning ravine or gorge). It describes a ravine near a wooded enclosure.
Word origins
- Woodheys
- Old Englishwood enclosure(from wudu "wood", hæġ "enclosure, hedge")
- Clough
- Old Englishravine, gorge(from cloh "ravine, gorge")