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Question
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I am tracing through my family history and have come up with a number of references to Cliffandy, mainly in the early 1800s. Could you enlighten me as to its whereabouts, and what happened to it.
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Question asked on
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04 July 2011
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Answer
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I think that 'Cliffandy' is Clevancy. The name was written as Cleeve Ansty or Cleeve Ancey in 1726 and as Clifwancy at an earlier date. It is a name that is likely to have many spellings when the writer has only encountered it spoken in Wiltshire dialect.
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Bibliography
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The Place-names of Wiltshire, by J.E.B. Gower, Allen Mawer, and F.M. Stenton. OUP 1939.
