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Nup End

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashleworth

Historical Forms

  • Nupping-end 1779 Rudder 1830 M

Etymology

, Nupping-end 1779Rudder, 1830 M , ' the upper end ' , v. upp , ende ( also added tautologically after the original suffix had become -ing ) , cf. Downington and Nupend ( i , 41 , ii , 194 supra ) .