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Survey of English Place-Names

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Chiltonpark Farm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chilton

Historical Forms

  • Fippenho 1255 For
  • Phippenhoohurne 1298 VCHii.132

Etymology

About 1544 140 acres of waste were enclosed at Fyppenhoe and known henceforward as Chilton Park (VCH ). This seems to contain some lost pers. name, cf. John Phippe in Beds (Ipm 1310).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement