Hipswell
Major Settlement in the Parish of Catterick
Historical Forms
- Hiplewelle 1086 DB
- Hippleswell 12 Easby
- Hippeswell(e) 1184 RichReg 12 Easby 1228 1285 KI 1316 Vill 1328 Banco 1396 Pap 1561 FF
- Hippeleswell(e) 1260 Easby 1300 Ebor
- Hipleswelle c.1270 Easby
- Hippliswell 1301 LS
- Hipsewell 1545 RichWills
Etymology
v. w(i)ella. No satisfactory pers. name can be suggested for the first element, and it is probably a lost hȳpels (Angl hēpels ), a derivative of OE hēap 'heap,' used of a hill as in Heape (PN La 61). If so we have very early shortening of ē to ĕ and raising to ĭ . Cf. Redmire 257infra . There is an isolated hill on the west side of the village which might well be so called.Hence, 'hill stream or spring.'