Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Rippetuna 1086 DB

• Ripetuna c.1130 Binham

• Ripeteunam c.1135–45 LothianMSS

• Ripetunia c.1150 ib

• villa de Ripton 1200 RC

• Reppetun 1240 FF

• Ripton 1291 FF

• Rypton 1317 Inqaqd 1354,1446 Ct

Etymology

Rippon Hall (TG 21 22), Rippetuna 1086 DB, Ripetuna c. 1130Binham , Ripeteunam (acc.) c. 1135–45Lothian MSS , Ripetunia c. 1150ib , villa de Ripton 1200 RC, Reppetun 1240 FF, Ripton 1291 FF, Rypton 1317 Inq aqd, 1354, 1446Ct ; cf. Heremer de Ripton 1225 Cur, may contain OE  *rip(p) 'border, strip', e.g. of a wood as in ad silbam qui appellatur ripp 740–50 (contemp. Sawyer 24) BCS 160 (v. KPN 37 f., Löfvenberg 166), and tūn . The manor of Rippon Hall was also called Cats manor after Roger le Chat , who had it in King John's time (cf. terr ' manerij de Cattes 1501Acc Hevingham ). After Henry le Cat had added a part of another manor in 1285, it appears as Cats cum Criketots . As the name of a manor in the area we also find Keritoft or Crytoft , presumably corrupted from the family-name Criketot (Blomefield VI375 f.).