The story
- Old English · derived fromhēope“rosehip”
- English todayHeptonstall
From Old English hēope (“rosehip”) or hēopa (“dog-rose, bramble”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“stable”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhēope all →
hipHebdenHeaphyHeapeHebblethwaite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.