Clipston, or Clipston on the Wolds, is a small English village and civil parish in the south Nottinghamshire district of Rushcliffe. It lies between Cotgrave and Normanton-on-the-Wolds and is approached by narrow roads that offer views of neighbouring countryside. It has an area of and a population of 50. This meant it was included with the civil parish of Tollerton in the 2011 Census. Wold view Clipston stands on the northernmost edge of the Wolds in Nottinghamshire. The area enjoys, from an elevation of about 79 m/259 ft, panoramic views of the Trent valley and the East and South side of the city of Nottingham, some 50 m/164 ft lower. Nearby to the west is Hoe Hill, with a horseshoe-shaped wood. Toponymy The place-name Clipston seems to contain an Old Norse personal name, Klyppr, + tun (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate, so "Klyppr's farm or settlement". The English suffix "–tun", like "-by", was usually preceded by a Danish personal name. "Klypper's farm", v. Tun appears in The Place Names of Northamptonshire (1933). The name of the nearby "Normanton" means Norseman village, implying there were only a few Norsemen amongst the settlers. However, there may well have been an Anglo-Saxon settlement at Clipston, subsequently allocated to a Dane of the Scandinavian army that colonised Nottinghamshire in the 9th century. Early mentions Cliston' 1198 (Pipe Rolls, Record Commission), Clipstun' 1235, (Book of Fees, 1922–31 ), Clipeston 1287 (Assize Rolls), Clippeston 1325 (Calendar of Patent Rolls), Clipeston juxta Plumtre, Clibston juxta Plumtre 1278 (Assize Rolls ), Clipston juxta Plumtre 1315 (Feets of Fines 1196–1760), Clipston super le Hill 1327 (Nottinghamshire Subsidies 1895), Clipston super le Hull 1332 (Nottinghamshire Subsidies 1895), Clipston othe hill justa Plumptre 1400 (Feets of Fines 1196–1760) and Clipston super montem 1516 (Recovery Rolls). History Though there is little place-name evidence in the area before the 9th century, there have been ill-recorded discoveries of burial mounds near the Fosse Way, not far from Cotgrave. The area to each side of the Trent was settled by Angles as they made their way up the river to the heartlands and the hills that form the edge of the Wolds. It would have appeared defensible, but difficult to farm. At the time, the wide Trent valley was mainly Triassic clay and probably covered heavily in vegetation, whilst the Wolds are of Boulder clay, making them difficult to manage