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.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Briggswath
- Flat Howe
- Grosmont
- Iburndale
- Lythe Beck
- Sleights
- Ugglebarnby
- Cock Mill
- Hawsker Bottoms
- Larpool Hall
- Ling Hill
- Rigg
- Saltwick
- Shawm Rigg
- Spital Bridge
- Stainsacre
- Whitby Laithes
- Dunsley
- Graystone
- Raithwaite
- Swarthoe Cross
- Ruswarp Carr
- Stakesby
- Upgang
- Airy Hill
- Baldby Fields
- Breck
- Church Street
- The Fitts
- Flowergate
- Prestby
- Sowerby
- Thingwall