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.

Cudlipptown

Early-attested site in the Parish of Petertavy

Historical Forms

  • Cudelipe 1114–19 BM
  • Cudelip(p) 1238 Ass
  • Codelip(p) 1238 Ass 1428 FA
  • Codelepe 1303 FA
  • Cuddelypp 1474 Ct
  • Cudliptowne 1641 FF

Etymology

'Cud (d )a 's hlype.' As usual in such names it is difficult to say just what the 'leap' was. Possibly it has reference to the stream here. For the town , v. infra 676.