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.

Gilpin Bank & Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Gilping Bank 1857 OS
  • Gilpinge, Gilpyng, Gilpyn 1560,1618 Kendii,101,109 1589,1598 PR

Etymology

( Gilping Bank 1857OS ) , named from the local family of Gilpinge , Gilpyng , Gilpyn (1560, 1618 Kend ii, 101,109, 1589, 1598 PR 13, 18) , cf. R. Gilpin (i, 7supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site