Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lup(e)iate 1207 ChR c.1250 Berk

• Lup(e)yat(e) 1287 Ass 1324 Ipm 1584 Comm

• Ouer Lup(e)yat(e) 1321,1520 FF

• Lup(e)yat(e) sup' 1327 SR

• Lupieyte 1328 Banco

• Lopegate 1220 Fees

• Lupegate (superiori) 1303 FA 1349 Aid

• Lepiet 1221 FF

• Lep(e)yat(e) 1325,1455 FF

• Ouer Lep(e)yat(e) 1338 1378 Works

• Lep(e)gate 1255–90 CirenR

• Lip(p)egat(e), Lyp(p)egat(e) 1220 Fees 1248,1287 Ass

• Lyp(p)egat(e) magna, Lyp(p)egat(e) parua 1287 ib

• Lippehiete c.1238 Berk

• Lipp(e)yate 1248 Ass

• Ouer Lipp(e)yate 1497 AOMB

• Overlypeyate 1395 Ipm

• Middle Lypiat 1830 M

Etymology

v. hlīep-geat 'a gate in an enclosure fence which deer can leap over but which restrains other animals'. It is a term found chiefly in the woodlands and old parks of south-western England. There are two other local examples including Lypiatt in Miserden and Lower Lypiatt in Thrupp (131, 141infra ); the spellings for these names are not easily separated. Cf. Phonol. § 16.