English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Naphill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hughenden

Historical Forms

  • Knaphill 1599 Foster
  • Naple 1766 J
  • Napple c.1825 O

Etymology

v. cnæpp . The Common is situated on the broad rounded top of one of the main ridges of the Chilterns (Harman).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement