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.

Kipscott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bishop's Nympton

Historical Forms

  • Kippingescota 1235 Bracton
  • Kippingescoth' 1242 Fees759
  • Kippyngescot(e) 1281 Ass 1316 Ipm

Etymology

'Cypping 's cot(e),' cf. Kipscombe supra 31.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement