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Stancliffe Family History

Stancliffe Surname Meaning

As Redmonds has shown, this is from Scout in Northowram (WR Yorks), which is recorded as Staynclif in 1309 and Stancliff Skoute (the home of Edward Stankliff) in 1536. The place-name derives from Old English stān ‘stone rock’ with influence from Old Scandinavian steinn ‘stone rock’ + Old English clif ‘cliff bank’ later with Middle English scoute ‘projecting cliff overhanging rock’ (Old Scandinavian skúti).

No evidence has been found to link the modern surname with other WR Yorks places similarly named such as Stancliffe in Kirkheaton, Stonecliff Lodge in Shitlington, Staincliffe in Bank Newton, or Staincliffe in Batley.

Derivation from Stancliffe Hall in Darley (Derbys) is difficult to assess since all the earliest forms cited in Place-Names of Derbys appear to be surnames, and the Hall may therefore have been named from the family (a branch of the Northowram family?) which is recorded there since before 123.

Here belongs Alicia de Stanclyf 1381 in Poll Tax (Darley, Derbys).

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


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You can see how Stancliffe families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Stancliffe family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most Stancliffe families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 293 Stancliffe families living in Yorkshire. This was about 72% of all the recorded Stancliffe's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Stancliffe families in 1891.
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What did your Stancliffe ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Wood Machinist and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Stancliffe. 20% of Stancliffe men worked as a Wood Machinist and 72% of Stancliffe women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Stancliffe were Retired and Unpaid Domestic Duti.

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Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Wood Machinist
    20%
  • Engineers Pottern Maker (w
    20%
  • Poultry Farmer
    20%
  • Retired
    20%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    72%
  • Private Means
    7%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    4%
  • Unpaid Domestic Duti
    3%

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Between 1962 and 2004, in the United States, Stancliffe life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1980, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for Stancliffe in 1962 was 90, and 78 in 2004.

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