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Lupton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Lupetun, Lupeton 1086 DB 1202
  • Luppeton 1198–9 ib
  • Loppeton(a) 1189 Kendii,357 1190–5 LaCh
  • Lopton 1256 Ass11d
  • Lupton 1190 Kendi,2 1190–1275 Cockers 1196 P 1197 Pipe 1256 Ass11 1283 Ipm 1723 PR(KL)
  • Lupton in Leuenes 1356 Cockers
  • Lupton in Lonesdale 1524 MinAcct

Etymology

'Hluppa's farmstead', from an OE  pers.n. *Hluppa , suggested for Lupridge (D 303) and in a strong form Hlupp for Lupset (YW ii, 155), v. tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site