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Postlip

settlement · Gloucestershire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Postlip is an Old English name meaning 'post by the stream'. 'Post' likely refers to a boundary marker or a post, and 'lip' is thought to derive from 'lēap', meaning a basket or enclosure, or possibly related to a stream.

Word origins

Post
Old Englishpost, boundary marker(from post "post")
lip
Old Englishstream, enclosure(from lēap "basket, enclosure")