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.

Whelpo

Early-attested site in the Parish of Caldbeck

Historical Forms

  • Cuelpou 1278 Ass
  • Quelphowe 1305 Ipm
  • Whelpehowe 1333 Misc
  • Whelpho 1336 Ipm 1343 Cocker
  • Whelpowe 1540 MinAcct
  • Whelphay 1777 NB
  • Whelpa 1795 CW(OS)ix

Etymology

'Hill of the whelps or cubs,' v. ON  hvelpr and haugr . Cf. Whelprigg (We).