Long Cliff mine/Longcliffe mine?

[cooleycr]

Following on from the Maskill/Maskhill thread, I too found myself vexed with the name of a mine-shaft that I have become good friends with over the past couple of years!

Looking at the charts/maps, there is a hill named Long Cliff
On (in) this hill there is a mineral vein named Longcliffe vein
In this vein there is a mine which I have seen referred to as Long Cliff mine or Longcliffe mine....

Which is correct?

Over to you, PWhole/AR/Goydenman

 

[pwhole]

The 'e' seems interchangeable on many 'cliffes' in the Peak -  I think it was just the old way of spelling it. There are many in Sheffield too - Brincliffe and Endcliffe, for example.

 

[cooleycr]

Cheers Phil(e) 

 

[alastairgott]

Is it Charley, Charles or Charli(e)?

 

[Brains]

Is it Charley, Charles or Charli(e)?

Chuck or Chas surely?

 

[Pitlamp]

Didn't Trevor Ford's original exploration account (PDMHS, 1963 I think) call it Longcliffe Mine?

 

[cooleycr]

Obviously it is Charles on Sundays (or for court appearances!), however, my mother often refers to me as "Ch" (I won't tell you what my wife refers to me as!!)

It is interesting how place names change, we live in Disley but that was previously known as Dystlegh.
There is a "retirement" home called Dystlegh Grange and near us is a Dystlegh road.
I like the entry on Wiki -

Its Anglo-Saxon name was Dystiglegh meaning wood or clearing by a mound or possibly "windy settlement".
It is certainly windy on the Northerly side of the hill (Buxton Old Road) where we are as it blasts in unabated from the Black Hill ridge!

 

[AR]

One thing I should perhaps mention is that t'owd man didn't get hung up about spelling; as long as people understood which mine was being referred to that was enough so why should it matter to us if we know what the mine is?