The hipwell Surname
hipwell Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Hipswell in North Yorkshire, named
in Old English possibly as ‘stream with stepping stones’; the first
element may be from an unattested noun derivative hyppels of
the verb hoppian ‘to hop’, and the second is wella,
wiella ‘spring’, ‘stream’. The surname has been
present in Ireland (County Leix) since the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Re: Hipwell and Palmer |
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| John and Eliza Yates nee Earl- South Australia late 1800's. | Helen Golotta | 1 |
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| george henry ward hipwell |
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| Leicestershire Hipwells | Jenny Strickland | 8 |
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| HIPWELL Mary Ann |
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| Richard Hipwell/Jane Thompson | Roger Nichols | 3 |
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