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Survey of English Place-Names

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Middop

Major Settlement in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Mithope 1086 DB
  • Midhop(e), Mydhop(e) 1147–54 YCh641 1182–5 12 Kirkst 1226 Ebor 1267 Percy 1379 PT
  • Mydhopp(e) 1221 Cur 1285 KI
  • Middhope 1246 Ass20
  • Midehop(e) 1251 FF 1303 KF 1332 Kirkst
  • Meddop 1522 FF
  • Medope 1539 Testvi

Etymology

'(Land) between the valleys', v. mid , hop 1 , cf. Midhope i, 225supra .Middop Hall is on the ridge formed between Crag Clough and Howgill Beck.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site