Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Robin a Tipto(e) 1586 Plan 1708(18),1709 Terrier 1815 Nichols

• Robin a Tiptoes 1641 Surv 1799 Nichols 1806 Map 1824 O 1839 TA

• Robin on Tiptoe 1839 ib

• Tiptoe 1968 Surv

Etymology

, Robin a Tipto (e )1586Plan ,1708 (18), 1709Terrier , 1815 Nichols, Robin a Tiptoes 1641Surv , 1799Nichols, 1806 Map, 1824 O, 1839TA , Robin on Tiptoe 1839ib , Tiptoe 1968Surv ; with a Leics . name for Robin Goodfellow , ' the drudginggoblin ' , who threshes corn and does domestic chores whilst the farmer and his household are asleep , hence a - Tiptoe , on Tiptoe . In the East Riding of Yorks . , he is known as Robin Roundcap , v. E . M . Wright , Rustic Speech and Folk - Lore ( Oxford 1913 ) , 201 and B . Dickins , ' Yorkshire Hobs ' , Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society , vii , 19 - 22 . Whether this hill - name conceals an earlier Tiplow ( v. Big TiplowMdw in f.ns. (a) ) is uncertain .