Aldcliffe

Also known as Aldcliffe, Lancashire

Aldcliffe is a hamlet, and former township and civil parish, now in the parish of Aldcliffe-with-Stodday, south-west of Lancaster, in the Lancaster district, in the county of Lancashire, England. The hamlet is located on the east bank of the River Lune, and is one and a half miles south west of the Lancaster city centre.

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It is catalogued under topics including Former civil parishes in Lancashire, Geography of the City of Lancaster and OpenDomesday.

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Instance of: village
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Aldcliffe-with-Stodday
Image: Boathouse On The Lancaster Canal - geograph.org.uk - 1733359.jpg
Dialing code: 01524

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Commons category: Aldcliffe
OS grid reference: SD466601

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The name can be split into two parts, ald which roughly means 'old', and clif which means 'high ground'. There are also a number of different variations over the centuries: Aldeclif (1086), Audecliva (1094), Audeclyviam (1190), Aldeclive (1212), Aidedyf (1341), Auclyff (1577), Awcliffe (1577), Adclife, Aldcliffe, Alclife, Aldclif, Aldclife, Aldclyffe, Altlife, Auldcliffe, Auckliff, Aucliff, Aucliffe and Aukliffe. The first part of the name may also be the Brittonic alt meaning "a steep height or hill, a cliff".

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