Chippenham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chippenham
Historical Forms
- (to) Cippanhamme, (æt) Cippanhamme 878 ASC 9th BCS553 880–5 Asser c.1000 c.1000 s.a.853
- (æt) Cippan homme 901–24 BCS591
- Cyppan hamm 930 ib
- Chipehā 1086 DB
- Chipeham 1176 P 1208 Cur
- Chepehā 1086 DB
- Chepeham 1156,1158 P 1232 Ch
- Cheppeham 1155 RBE 1161 P 1235 Fees
- Cipeham t.Hy2 Ch 1268 FF 1241
- Chyppeham, Chippeham 1177 P 1189 WMxvi 1211 RBE 1219 Abbr
- Chypham 1313 Ch
- Chippenham 1227 Ch
- Chyppenham 1307 Ipm
- Chuppeham 1250,1259 Ipm
- Cyppeham, Cippeham 1255 RH
- Cyppenham, Cippenham 1276 Cl 1317,1331,1345 Pat
- Sippenham c.1300 Gaim
- Shippenham 1319 Cl
- Chep(p)enham 1305 Ass t.Ed3 For 1404 Ass 1435 Cl
- Chipnam, Chypnam 1455 Pat 1493–1500 ECP 1503 FF
- Chippyngham 1541 LP
- Chippingham 1597 FF
Etymology
'Cippa 's hamm.' See further s. n. Cippenham (PN Bk 217) and cf. Chipley (So), Chippelegh 1253 Ass, Chippeley 1280 Ipm.