Kilpin
Major Settlement in the Parish of Howden
Historical Forms
- Celpene 959 YCh4 c.1200
- Chelpin 1086 DB
- Kilpin, Kilpyn 1199,1231,1246 FF 1251 Ass 1576 NCWills
- Kilpyng 1316 NomVill
- Kilpyne 1376 FF
- Kilpeyn 1416 YI
- Chilpin 1202 FF
Etymology
This difficult name is probably from OE celf (a Northern OE mutated form of calf 'calf,' as in Kelloe, PN NbDu 125) and penn , a word which may also occur in Harpings supra 215.Cf. PN in -ing 27. Medial f might well have been lost at an early date before the following labial; cf. also Wharram supra 134–5, and for early raising of e to i cf. Bridlington supra 100.'Calf enclosure.'