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.

Wapley House

Early-attested site in the Parish of Loftus

Historical Forms

  • Walepol' 1226–8 Fees
  • Walpolhou 1231 Ass
  • Walplehous 1231 Fees
  • Wapel(h)ou 1287 Ebor 1301 LS
  • Wayplay 1540 Dugdiv.75
  • Wapley 1577 Dugdiv.75

Etymology

'Howes near Walpole ,' which itself probably means 'Britons' pool' v. pol , haugr . The first element is OE W (e )alh , gen. plur. W (e )ala (v. IPN 18). On the modern pronunciation v. Introduction xxxi; ey represents the reduction of unstressed -hou .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement