Note 33 — Chapter II · THE EXTERIOR.
Reading edition
The name Ripon comes probably from the Latin ripa, “a river’s bank.” Bede uses a form “Inrhypum,” which arose perhaps out of in ripis. The derivation Uri pons has been generally abandoned.
Reading edition
The name Ripon comes probably from the Latin ripa, “a river’s bank.” Bede uses a form “Inrhypum,” which arose perhaps out of in ripis. The derivation Uri pons has been generally abandoned.