Owlpen
Major Settlement in the Parish of Owlpen
Historical Forms
- Olepenn(e), Olepen 1189–1200 Berk c.1220 GlR 1220 Fees c.1230–1325 GlR c.1255 GlChvii,4
- Holepenne e.13 Berk
- Ollepenne 1315 Glouc
- Wlpenne 1270 For
- Ulpenne c.1290 Berk
- Hulepenne 1287 Ass
- Olpen(ne) 1287 QW 1489 Ipm
- Olpen(ne) als. Telpen 1487 ib
- Oulepen(ne) 1295 Episc c.1310 GlR 1457 FF
- Owelpenne 1313 Pat
- Owlepenne 1327 SR
- Owpenne 1535 VE
- Wolpen 1535 VE 1541 AOMB 1566 FF
- Woolpen 1589 FF
- Wo(u)ldpen 1643 PR 1705 Will
- Woolepine 1679 PR
Etymology
'Ol(l)a's enclosure', v. penn 2 'pen, fold'. The pers.n. is an OE Ol (l )a ; cf. Olan ige (v. Naight Brook 79supra ). On the later form Wol - cf. Phonol. § 42 (a ).