Shipton Lee
Early-attested site in the Parish of Quainton
Historical Forms
- (a) Sibdone 1086 DB
- Scipdon 1207 Fines
- Sypdon 1247 Ass
- Sybdon 1247 Ass
- Schibdon 1291 Tax 1302,1346 FA
- Shipton by Lutegarsale 1312 Pat
- Shipdon 1365 Ch 1392 Pat
- Shepton 1391 Pat
- Shibdon 1391 IpmR
- (b) Lye 1237–40 Fees
- la Lee 1255 For
- Shipdenlye 1517 Encl
Etymology
v. sceap , dun , leah . As Lipscomb says (L. i. 413), 'Is it fanciful to suppose that the sheep pastured here, supplied its name?' The names of two distinct manors have here been run together into one.