English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Burntippet Moor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Farlam

Historical Forms

  • Brenkibeth 1169,1304 Laner
  • mora de t.Hy2,1181,c.1195,c.1265 ib
  • (mora de) Brenkibet 1181 Laner
  • Brenkbet 1183 Pap 1402
  • Brenkybet 1256 Laner
  • Brenkibet(burne) c.1265 ib
  • Brenkepetmore 1380 GDR
  • Prenquepotemore 1485 Ipm
  • Burn(e)tipett Moore 1547 Laner
  • Burne Tyffott More 1543 H
  • Burtippett-moore 1687 DentonL

Etymology

This may be an inversion compound, the elements being brinke, brenke , 'edge,' and Ibbet , an early example of the common medieval diminutive of Isabel , which survives in the surname Ibbetson.