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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.

Whipley Hall, Whipley Moor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripley

Historical Forms

  • Wipelei(e), Wipelie 1086 DB
  • Wippleia 12 Ripl
  • Whipley Moorside 1679 PRHmp

Etymology

Whipley Hall, Whipley Moor, Wipelei (e ), Wipelie 1086 DB, Wippleia 12 Ripl 30, Whipley Moorside 1679 PRHmp. Probably 'wood of young shoots, plantation', v. hwippe , lēah .