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Survey of English Place-Names

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Piperhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Northenden

Historical Forms

  • le Pyperhill 1476 Earw
  • le Pyperhyll 1477 Orm2

Etymology

, 1499FRC , le Pyperhill 1476 Earw, le Pyperhyll 1477 Orm2 , ' piper's hill ' , v. pīpere ' a piper ' , hyll , but cf. Pepper Street (Chester) 333 infra .