Shipston-on-Stour
Major Settlement in the Parish of Shipston-on-Stour
Historical Forms
- Scepuuæisctune c.770 BCS205 11th
- Scepwæsctun 964 BCS1135 12th
- Scepwestun 1086 DB
- Scepwastona, Schepwastona c.1086 EveA&B 1190
- Sepwestun 1240 WoP
- Sip(p)estone 1275 SR, Ass
- Chepston 1291 Tax
- Schepestone 1299 RBB 18th
- Shepeston 1355 Pat
- Shipston 1542 LP
Etymology
'Farm by the sheep-wash,' v. sceap , wæsce , tun .