The story
- Old English · inherited fromlēah“woodland clearing”
- English todayRipley
From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, *Hrype + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlēah all →
lealeighHadleyBurnleylyeExleyKirkleyLeybourneOuseleyDinckleyHigh Legh-leighRansleyWinkley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.