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.

Turpins

Other OS name in the Parish of Duffield

Historical Forms

  • le Turpins 1596 DuLa 1600 Ct
  • Terpyns, Tyrpins 1611 DuLaSC
  • Turping 1598 ParReg

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , le Turpins 1596DuLa , 1600Ct , Terpyns , Tyrpins 1611DuLaSC ,perhaps named from a member of the family of Francisca Turping 1598 ParReg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement