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.

Luppitt

Major Settlement in the Parish of Luppitt

Historical Forms

  • Lovapit 1086 DB
  • Loweputte 1257 Pap
  • Louepette 1267 Exon
  • Loveputte 1267 Abbr
  • Lovepytte 1291 Tax
  • Lovepitte 1303 FA
  • Loveputt nowe called Luppitt c.1630 Pole
  • Luuepuet 1175 P
  • Luuepit 1238 Ass
  • Luueputte 1334 Pat
  • Lippitt 1767 Recov

Etymology

'Lufa 's pit or hollow.'