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.

Pipers '

Field in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • Pyperescroft 1313 Cl
  • Pipereshegh 1313 Cl
  • Piperesheyes 1371 For
  • Pypers ( Haye ) 1609 LRMB

Etymology

Pipers'(Pyperescroft, Pipereshegh 1313, Piperesheyes 1371, Pypers(Haye) 1609, cf. William(le) Pipere 1327, 1332, v. croft,(ge)hæg)