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.

The Ripples

Early-attested site in the Parish of Colerne

Etymology

The Ripples (6″) is Repelis 1363, Rypples 1382, Rypelles 1406, les Rupples 1522NewColl . This is probably the plural of OE  rippel , 'strip of land.' See PN Wo 58 and PN K 219, 403, 574.