Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Chipesch 1086 DB

• Chipesio 1137–9 YCh1492

• Kipeis, Kypeis, Kypais, Kypeys c.1090,1119–21,1122 Pont 1135–42 YCh1486 1190 YCh 1195 P 1229 Pont 1233 Ebor 1270 Pont

• Kypes 1254 FF 1264 YI 1270 Ebor 1296

• Kippeis, Kyppeis, Kyppeys 1136–1229 Pont Hy2 Ch 1230 YCh 1155–8 Ebor 1233

• Kipesca 1161 YCh1482

• Kepesca 1170 Pont

• Kippesc 1252 Ass4

• Kepask 13 Selby

• Kipask, Kypask 1327,1334–7 SR

• Kipax, Kypax 1246 Ass39 1293 Ebor l.13 Kirkst 1303 KF 1323 Ass 1368 MinAcct 1579 Dep

• Kipex, Kypexk 1258 YI

• Kipas, Kypas 1285 KI 1304 Ebor 1428 FA 1436 Testii

• Kipasse, Kypasse 1291 Tax 1428 FA

• Kippas 1302 Ebor

• Kepas 1426 Pat

• Kepass 1548 PRRth

• Kepax 1435 BM 1480 TestLds 1521 Testv 1621 SR

• Kepaxe 1544 Surv

• Keppax 1546 YChant

• Kippax, Kyppax 1448 Pat 1545 FF 1617 PRKp

Etymology

'Cippa's ash-tree', v. æsc (esc). The pers.n. is an OE  Cippa (as in Chippenham W 89, Cippenham Bk 217–18) with ON K - replacing ME  Ch -, or an OE  Cyppa (cf. Cyppingc , Kypingus , Searle 546, a mutated variant of OE Cupping , Redin 173). The final el. has numerous AN  spellings in -eis (with -ei - for -e - and -s for -sh , cf. IPN 113); these are mostly from the Pontefract cartulary (where such influence could be expected). Spellings with -ask , -esc show the substitution of ON  askr or eski 'ash-tree', and later ones with -ax have a metathesised form of ON  askr . On OE  esc for æsc cf. Phonol. § 1. v. Addenda.