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.

Clipescroft

Field in the Parish of Derby

Historical Forms

Clipescroft 1261–75 Darley

Clypyscroft 1450 Rental

Clipse Crofte 1633 Portland

Etymology

Clipescroft 1261–75, Clypyscroft 1450,Clipse Crofte 1633('Clip's croft', v. croft)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Derby