Tupton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tupton
Historical Forms
- Topetune 1086 DB
- Topetun (sic) 1370 DbCh
- Toptune 1086 DB
- Topton Hy3 DbCh Ed1 WollCh 1438 DbCh
- Tupton(e) 1185 Templars 1328 SR 1356 WollCh
- Tuppeton' 1199,1200 P
- Thopton 1297 DbCh
- Upton als Tupton Eliz Reli
Etymology
Perhaps 'Tupi's farm', v. tūn , as Ekwall (DEPN) suggests, the first element being the ODan pers.n. Tupi as in Tupholme L. The form Upton als Tupton is too late to be significant and the identifica- tion of the lost DB Upetun with this place is incorrect, v. supra 244, so that a derivation from OE æt upp-tune 'at the upper farm' (v. æt , upp , tūn ) is out of the question.