Rockcliffe

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Rockcliffe is a village and civil parish in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England.

Part of the parish is a marshy peninsula between the mouths of the rivers Esk and Eden. The parish includes the villages of Rockcliffe, Rockcliffe Cross, Floristonrigg, Todhills, Low Harker and Harker.

[edit] Place-name meaning

Rockcliffe does not mean 'cliff by rocks' as most people would think. The name means 'red cliff', implying a sandstone cliff-face. The name is from Old Norse rauŏr "red" and Old English clif "cliff", similar to Radcliffe in Greater Manchester.

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