Inkpen
A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, EnglandA village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3764).
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3764).
(countable, uncountable)A habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
From an unrecorded Old English element *ing (“hill, peak”), which has been postulated to eFrom an unrecorded Old English element *ing (“hill, peak”), which has been postulated to explain a number of placenames such as Ingon or Ingham, + penn (“enclosure; fold”). The second element may alternatively be Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head; top, height”), but that's less likely.
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