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Lip Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Liphill 1572 WCR2 1709 WMB
  • Lips 1851 TA

Etymology

, Liphill 1572WCR 2, 1709 WMB, Lips 1851TA , probably OE  lippa ' lip ' in some topographical or figurative sense , ' resembling a lip ' , possible also in Lipwood Nb 136 ; these names are unlikely to contain OE  hlīep ' leap ' ( which is a WSax form of hlēp ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement