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.

Peopleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Peopleton

Historical Forms

  • Piplincgtun 972 BCS1282 c.1050
  • Piplintune 1086 DB
  • Piplintona c.1086 EveA&B 1190 RBE 1166,1210 P 1195 1291
  • Pupplynton, Pupplinton 1240 WoP 1266 Pat 1272 1275 SR 1428 FA
  • Puplanton 1273 Cl
  • Pupellenthone, Pubblinthon 1280 For
  • Puppleton 1328 Ch 1397 Pat
  • Publynton 1349 Wigorn
  • Pupilton 1373,1438 IpmR
  • Pipplington 1382 IpmR
  • Pipulton 1401 Pat
  • Pepilton 1431 FA 1653 FF
  • Puplyngton 1541 LP
  • Pippleton 1577 Saxton
  • Pepleton, Pepulton 16th,17th Wills
  • Pibbleton 1615 Marr
  • Peopleton 17th FF
  • Pebbleton 1677 Marr

Etymology

'Pyppel's farm,' v. ingtun . This pers. name is a diminutive of the pers. name discussed above under Pepwell and Pepper Wood infra 245, 277.

Places in the same Parish

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