Thriplow
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thriplow
Historical Forms
- Tripelan (sic) c.1050 KCD907 13th
- Tripelau c.1050 LibEl 12th
- Tripelaue 1086 InqEl 1170 LibEl
- Tripelauua 12th LibEl
- Tripelowe 1271 FF
- Tripelawe 1272 Ass 14th Cai
- Triplaw(e), Triplowe 1231 FF 1553 Pat
- Tripelhawe 1272 Ass
- Trypelawe 1298 ib
- Tryplowe 1429 Pat 1558 ADvi
- Trippelawe, Trippelawa c.1060 ElyM 1218 SR 1338 Ch
- Trippelowe, Tryppelowe c.1169 Chateriz 1412 FA
- Trippelawe 1346 ib
- Tripellowe 1303 ADiii
- Trepeslau, Trepeslai 1086 DB
- Trepláu 1086 InqEl
- Treplawe 1218 SR
- Treplowe 1275 RH
- Trepelaue 1086 InqEl
- Trepelowe 1445 ADvi
- Treppeslaú(e), Treppelau 1086 InqEl
- Treppelawe 1206 FF 1279 RH
- Trappelowe 1275 ib
- Threppelawe 1285 Ass
- Threploo 1554 CHuASv
- Thrippelowe, Thryppelowe 1298 Ass 1409 Cl
- Thryplowe, Thriplowe 1341,1541 ADv 1576 et freq
- Thryploe 1571 ElyA
- Thryplo(o) 1506–40 ADv,vi
- Thirplowe 1566 Ely
Etymology
'Tryppa 's hill or tumulus,' v. hlāw . This personal name is not on independent record but, as suggested by Ekwall (DEPN), may be a short form of such a name as Þrȳþbeorht or a nickname from the root of OE treppan , 'to tread.' For further forms v. the Hundred name supra 82.