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.

Lippitts

Early-attested site in the Parish of Waltham Holy Cross

Historical Forms

  • Lephacch(e) 1270 Ct 1327 SR 1403 Ct
  • le Lepehatħ 1277 QW
  • Leephachefeld 1323 For
  • Lephacches 1414 Ct
  • Lypatteshacch 1400 Ct
  • Lepitts 1474 Harl
  • Lipats hill 1634 WalthamPR
  • Lipputs hill 1712 Loughton
  • Lipped Hill 1777 C
  • Leopes 1474 Harl 1545 WalthamD
  • Leopards, Leopards Hill 1562,1600 ib
  • leberts hill 1573 ib

Etymology

v. hlyp(e), hæcc . Leaphatch was used of a low gate in a fence that could be leaped by deer. Identical in meaning with Leapgate (PN Wo 243) and Lypiatt (PN Gl 104). The modern name is manorial, from Leaphatches , a difficult combination of final consonants in the possessive, which was simplified to ts .Lippittshill Lodge (6″) is Leopard Lodge on Kelly's map (1912).