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.

Pepperton Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Duxford

Historical Forms

  • Piperton 1436 IpmR
  • Pyperton 1461 Pat

Etymology

Pepperton Hill is Piperton 1436 IpmR, Pyperton 1461 Pat. Cf. Pipton (NCPNW 167), both alike probably containing the ME  surname Pipere .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement