Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Gnip(e), Gnyp(e) c.1160 Knipe 1235 FF 1241,1252 Lowth 1279 Ass7 1292 Ipm 1479 CWxxi,193

• Hovre- 1275 ib

• Over-, Nether- 1279 Ass1,1d,7 1349 Lowth

• -Patrik 1315 Ipm

• Gnypp(e) 1361 Ipm 1392 Clib 1496 Lowth

• -Patrik 1422 Cl Hy6 Rent

• Hognip(p), Hognyp(e) 1241 FF 1279 Ass2d 1294,a.1296 Lowth

• Knipe, Knyp(e) 1246 Knipe 1315 Ipm 1420 CWxxi,180 1748 PR

• Over- 1572,1631 FF 1673 PR

• Nedder- 1631 FF

• Low- 1676,1699 PR 1823 M

• High- 1699 PR 1754 PR(Sh)

• Hocknype 1246 Lowth

• Hoknyp 1292 Ass1d

Etymology

From ON  gnípa 'steep rock, overhanging rock', as in the common Norw  p.ns. Nipe (n ) (NG viii, 21, xviii, 14), Høgenipa (ib v, 54), etc., Icel  Nípa (Franzen, LaxdON 113), etc.; it refers to the rocky scarp at Knipe Scar (infra ); the farms of High and Low Knipe are below it. The affixes are ON  há(r) (in the form hó (r ) discussed by Lindkvist 224), and Patrik from Patrick , son of Thomas, who made a grant here in 1246 Knipe 137 (cf. also Bampton supra , CW xix, 118 ff).