Clipstone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Clipstone
Historical Forms
- Clipestune 1086 DB
- Clipestona 1130,1168 P
- Clippeston(a) 1088 Dugdiv 1165 P 1287 For
- Klyppeston(a), Clippestun 1205 PatR
- Clippston 1230 P
- Clipstona 1173 ib
- Clipston 1174 1205 ClR 1230 Ch
- Clipston in Schirwode 1305 Ass
- Clipstun' 1235 Fees
- Kyngesclipston 1290 Ipm
- Kingesclipston 1315 Ch
- Kyngisclipston 1474 Pat
- Clipestorp' 1207 Cur
- Klepiston 1289 For
- Klypston in Shirwode 1408 Pat
Etymology
'Klyppr 's farm,' v. tun , the first element being the OScand personal name Klyppr as in Clipston (PN Nth 111) and Clipston on the Wolds infra 232. It is on record in England in Clip , the name of a 10th-century moneyer (ZEN 55). For Kinges - cf. Rex est dominus (1316 FA).