[Surname] Surname Kilpin
Could anyone tell me the origin of this british surname?
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Oxford* has:
KILPIN: from a place called Kilpin (East Riding of Yorkshire)
> probably "enclosure for calves", Old English "celf" (with Scand. k) + "penn"
Andy ;—)
* Dictionary of Surnames 1997
Dictionary of English Place-Names 1998
KILPIN: from a place called Kilpin (East Riding of Yorkshire)
> probably "enclosure for calves", Old English "celf" (with Scand. k) + "penn"
Andy ;—)
* Dictionary of Surnames 1997
Dictionary of English Place-Names 1998