Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tippeden(e) 1062 KCD813 12th Waltham t.Hy1

• Tippendanā 1086 DB

• Typeden(e) 1225,1226 Pat 13th Waltham

• boscus deTipe-den(e) 1225 ClR 1226 Pat 1234 Waltham 1246 Ch

• Tipenden' 1177 WalthamCh

• Dupedene 1271 Loughton 1276 For

• Dep(e)dene, Dep(e)dene park 1323 For 1324,1404 Loughton

• Depden 1498 ERxiv

• Debden 1498 ERxiv

• Little Debden 1685 Loughton

• Debden Green, Hall 1777 C

Etymology

We have apparently two different names here, and the identification is not made easier by the existence of a Debden Slade not far away. In WalthamA , Typedene is mentioned with Leuedayhide which, in a later deed, is coupled with the river Hyle , i.e. the Roding. This, with the boundaries of the charter, as given below, therefore leaves little doubt that the sites of Tippedene and Debden were identical. In view of the late occurrence of forms in Dip - and Dib -, the place was probably re-named from the depth of the valley.

The original names mean 'Tippa 's valley' and 'stream,' v. denu , burna . Tippa is probably a variant pet-form for Tibba , a well-established name, and is found also in Tiptree infra 307, and in Tipnoak (PN Sx 214). For Debden, 'the deep valley,' cf. Debden infra 523.