Tapton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tapton
Historical Forms
- Tapetune 1086 DB
- Tapeton(a) 1129–38,1239 RegAnt
- Tappeton(e) 1226 FF Hy3 WollCh 1297,1298 DbCh
- Tapton(e) 1220,1269 FF Hy3 HarlCh 1306 Ass
- Magna Tapton(e) 1281 Ass 13th Welbeck 1376 FF 1560 Ct
- Parva Tapton 13th Welbeck 1376 FF
- Parva Tappeton 1302 DbCh
Etymology
'Tap(p)a's farm', v. tūn ; for this unrecorded OE pers.n. cf. Tapenhall Fm (PN Wo 114) and Taplow (PN Bk 231–2). It was formerly distinguished as Great and Little .