Rockcliffe

Rockcliffe

Rockcliffe is a village and civil parish in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. [Philip's Motorist's Atlas: 2004, Octopus Publishing Group, London, 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.

Rockcliffe formerly had a railway station, on the Caledonian Railway Main Line, that closed in 1965.

Place-name meaning

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

Ghost of Cornelius

A local legend, relates that the ghost of a man called Cornelius McCormick haunts the village's surrounding marshland. The legend relates that 'old corny' was a member of a reiving family who was executed for violating a farm dog, it is said his ghost wanders the marsh seeking his revenge.

ee also

*Solway Plain

References

External links

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