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.

Ipplepen

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ipplepen

Historical Forms

  • (to) Ipelanpænne, (to) Iplanpenne, Iplanpen 956 BCS952 13th
  • Iplepena 1086 DB
  • Yppelpen 1172 P
  • Ip(p)elpenne 1235 Cl 1237 Fees612
  • Hypelepenn' 1212 Fees97
  • Ippelepen(ne) 1231 Ch 1291 Tax
  • Ypelepen(ne) 1235 Fees560 1274 Exon
  • Ipelepen(ne) 1242 Fees768
  • Ippellapenne 1275 RH
  • Uppelpen 1383 Pat

Etymology

'Ip (p )ela 's penn.' Cf. Ipplesborough PN Wo 319.