Ripple
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ripple
Historical Forms
- Rippell 780 BCS551 12th Fees37 1208
- Rippel, Ryppel 1086 DB c.1086 EveA&B 1190 SR 1275 Tax 1291 Pat 1549
- Repell 1255 Ch
- Rippull 1408 EcclVar
- Ripell 1549 Pat
Etymology
Professor Ekwall explains this as from OE rippel , well attested in the charters and explained in B.T. Supplt. as 'coppice,' cf. EDDs. v. ripple . The root-idea is however 'strip,' as in Norw ripel , 'strip,' only later 'strip of wood, coppice.' As Ripple is on a tongue of land the earlier sense is more probable here. Ripple (K) similarly lies on a projecting spit of land.