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.

Hipshow

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Hippshow 1706 Ct
  • Ipshow Sike, Hepshow Beck 1756,1774 Kendiii,138
  • Heps howe 1836 KCR
  • Ipsow 1865 OS

Etymology

, Hippshow 1706Ct , Ipshow Sike , Hepshow Beck 1756, 1774Kend iii, 138, Heps howe 1836KCR , Ipsow 1865 OS , v. haugr ' hill ' ; the first el . could be a ME  pers.n. Heppe from OG  Heppo ( Forssner 147 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name