Clopton
Early-attested site in the Parish of St Johns in Bedwardine
Historical Forms
- æt Cloptune, Cloptune 985 KCD649 11th DB 1086 EveA c.1086 1190
- Clopton(a) c.1086 EveB 1190 WoCh 1329
Etymology
The first element in this name is fully discussed in PN BedsHu 22–3. There it is shown that it probably denotes something short and stumpy in character but whether a stump or a rock or what it may be we cannot say precisely and as the exact site of this manor is unknown it does not help us.