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Dictionary of
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ANTLIFF,
ANTCLIFF, ANTCLIFFE.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901.
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ANTLIFF, ANTCLIFF,
ANTCLIFFE. A local
name meaning "of Arncliff,"
a village and parish, W. Rid. of Yorkshire, sixteen miles north of Shipton.
In local names, whose suffix is -cliff, there is a tendency to elide the c;
cf. Cunliffe
or Topliff
for Cuncliff
and Topcliff.
This surname has crossed the Atlantic. No doubt the meaning is the
eagle-cliff.
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