Hindlip
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hindlip
Historical Forms
- Hindehlep 966 BCS1180 11th
- Hindelep, Hyndelepe 1086 DB c.1086 EveA&B 1190 Fees36 1208 RH 1276 Pat 1300 Ipm 1316 SR 1327
- Hindeslepa 1191 P
- Hyndelupe, Hindelupe c.1250 Bodl14 c.1270 1316 Ipm
- Henlype 1577 Saxton
Etymology
This may refer to some famous 'hind-leap' as there is some fairly steep ground, but more probably the reference is simply to the existence of a 'leap-gate' for hinds, v. Leapgate infra 243.v. hind , hlyp(e).