RAWCLIFFE

Origin and etymology In historic texts In the 1881 census Distribution map

As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

RAWCLIFFE. Townships, &c., in cos. York and Lancaster — two in each. Tbe ancient orthography seems to have been Rockliffe.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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