English Place-name Society

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.

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.