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.

Gnipe Howe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Ghinipe 1086 DB
  • Gnip(e) c.1110,1145–8,1155–65 Whitby

Etymology

From ON  gnipa 'a steep rock or peak,' probably referring to the high peak overlooking the sea-cliffs on which Gnipe Howe stands. v. haugr . There is a tumulus here.