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Survey of English Place-Names

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Piper Creek

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • Piper Creek 1779 GrimsCBxiii 1795 LindDepPlans
  • piper Crike 1684 GrimsCBix 1697 GrimsCLeet
  • piper Creeke 1696 ib
  • Piper Crike 1752 GrimsCBxii

Etymology

Piper Creek, Piper Creek 1779GrimsCB xiii , 1795LindDep Plans , piper Crike 1684GrimsCB ix , 1697GrimsCLeet , piper Creeke 1696ib , Piper Crike 1752GrimsCB xii , probably from the surn. Piper and crike (ON  kriki). It formed in part the boundary between Grimsby and Little Coates.