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.

Nappers

Other OS name in the Parish of Chetnole

Etymology

, for the surname cf. William Knappere 1327, 1332 SR ( Corscombe ) and the Napper family in Sherborne in the 17th and 18th cent. (Hutch3 4251) .