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Usually ‘strip-shaped woodland clearing’, OE *ripel + lēah: Ripley City of Derbyshire Ripelei (1086) (DB). Ripley Hampshire Riple (1086) (DB). Ripley Surrey. Ripelia (1204).
However the following may have a different origin: Ripley N. City & County of Yorks. Ripeleia (1086) (DB). Probably ‘woodland clearing of the tribe called Hrype’. Old tribal name (see Ripon) + OE lēah.
However the following may have a different origin: Ripley N. City & County of Yorks. Ripeleia (1086) (DB). Probably ‘woodland clearing of the tribe called Hrype’. Old tribal name (see Ripon) + OE lēah.
| Ripe, Rinvyle, Rinville | |
| Riplingham, Ripon, Rippingale |
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Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names
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