English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Shippens

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hooton Pagnell

Historical Forms

  • Scippenes 1226 FF
  • Schypnes 1259 FF
  • Schipeness 1285 KI
  • Skypness 1316 Vill
  • Stodefold' Sheppens 1379 PT
  • Schepyn 1404 MinAcct
  • Shepons 1555 FF
  • Shipping 1570 ib
  • Shippens 1594 NCWills 1624 FF

Etymology

Shippens (lost), Scippenes 1226 FF, Schypnes 1259 FF, Schipeness 1285 KI, Skypness 1316 Vill, Stodefold ' Sheppens 1379 PT, Schepyn 1404MinAcct 76, Shepons 1555 FF, Shipping 1570 ib, Shippens 1594 NCWills, 1624 FF. 'The cattle-sheds', v. scypen and cf. Shippen Ho (Barwick) pt. iv infra .