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.

Clophill

Major Settlement in the Parish of Clophill

Historical Forms

  • Clopelle 1086 DB
  • Clophull(e) 1227,1240 Ass 1242 Fees889 1250–1 FF 1273 Cl 1276,1287 Ass 1291 NI 1293 Ch 1297 SR 1302 FA 1307 Ass 1316,1346 FA 1350 Ipm 1354 BM 1359 Cl 1360 Ipm 1384 Cl 1390–2 CS 1428 FA
  • Clop(p)hill 1247,1287 Ass 1361 Cl
  • Claphull 1287 Ass
  • Cloppehull 1287 Ass
  • Clouphull 1287 Ass 1362 Cl
  • Clapwell 1654 Cai
  • Claphill al. Clapwell 17th BHRSviii.146

Etymology

'Tree-stump hill.' For the element Clop -, v. Clapham supra 22.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site