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.

Ippollitts

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ippollitts

Historical Forms

  • Church of S. Ypollitus 1283 BM
  • villa de Sō Ipolito 1342 FF
  • Polytes 1412 BM 1417 FF
  • Polletts 1475 IpmR
  • Polettes 1541 BM
  • Polletts al. Ippolletts 1580 FF
  • Seynt Ipollitts 1518–29 ECP
  • Ippollitts al. Hippolitts 1624 FF
  • Hypolets 1652 ArdeleyParReg
  • Epolites 1675 Sess
  • Polledge 1556 FF 1564 Recov

Etymology

The place takes its name from St Hippolytus to whom the church, dating from the 11th century, is dedicated (VCH iii, 27).