English / Map Form: Inverkip
Gaelic Form: Inbhir Chip
Location: Inverclyde
Post Town: GREENOCK
County: Renfrewshire
Local Authority: Inverclyde
English / Map Form: Inverkip
Gaelic Form: Inbhir Chip
Language Notes
G nom. sg. inbhir, masc. ‘confluence’ + gen. sg. cip/ceap obscure element.Element Meaning
G inbhir ~ confluence + cip, obscure element.
Sources
| vicario de Innerkyp | 1165-77 Reg. Pass. p, 254 |
| Inyrkip Reg. Pass. | 1268 p. 139 |
| Vicaria de Innerkip x 2 | 1275 Reg. Glasg. [taxationes] |
| vicario de Ennerkyp | 1446 Reg. Pass. 290 |
| de Innerkyp | 1469 Reg. Pass 308 |
| Inneukyp | c. 1591 Pont map 33 |
| Innerkyp | 1654 Blaeu map Renfrew |
Inbhir Chip: Colin Mark dictionary
Additional Information
This is on Kip Water.