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.

Rypen Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Berry Pomeroy

Historical Forms

  • le Rypen 1553 Pat

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is le Rypen 1553 Pat . Probably ' rye enclosure , ' v. penn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement