Ripe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ripe
Historical Forms
- silva quae app. Rhip 741 BCS161 c.1300
- Ripe 1086 DB
- Rype 1316 FA 1338 Ipm 1392 IpmR
- Rype al. Eckyngton 1573 Recov
- Rip, Ryp 1240–6 Ch 1336 Ipm
- Ryp al. Egyngton 1444 Cicestr
- Rippy Ryppe 1288 Ass 1360 Ipm 1378 Cl 1386 IpmR t.Hy5–6 Add
Etymology
This name has been discussed already s. n. Ripton in PN BedsHu 219, where it is shown that the name is probably descriptive of the ridge on which Ripe stands and that the name is cognate with LGer riep , 'shore, slope,' East Frisian ripe , 'edge.' A further example of it is found in fealcing rip in a Kentish charter (BCS 813).