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.

Nippard

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Tisbury

Historical Forms

  • Nipret t.Hy1 Shaston
  • Nypred 1240 AD 1289 Ass 1337 FF
  • Nipred 1242 Fees 1375 AD 1633 Hoare
  • Nippred 1255 RH 1265 FF
  • Nipprede 1317 ADii
  • Nypprede 1344 Ipm
  • Nippered 1241 FF 1249,1268 Ass
  • Nypperede 1382 FF
  • Nuppered 1249 Ass
  • Nuprude 1327 WIpm
  • Nyprad 1279,1281 Ass
  • Nepred 1289 ib
  • Nippride 1428 FA 1533–8 ECP
  • Nappen Mill 1773 AandD

Etymology

This name must remain an unsolved problem.