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Wycliffe Family History

Wycliffe Surname Meaning

From Wycliffe (NR Yorks), which is recorded as Witclive in 1086 and Wigeclif about 1130.

The place-name probably derives from Old English *wiht ‘river bend’ + clif ‘cliff bank’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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