Shipton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Market Weighton
Historical Forms
- Epton 1086 DB
- Hyepton 1176 P
- Yheptona 1176 CR
- Yupton' 1259 Ass
- Sipton 1219 FF
- Skipton 1279–81 QW
- Scipton 1296 YI
- Shipton 1532 FF
- S(c)hupton 1234 FF 1244 Ass 1562 FF
- Supton 1296 YI
- Scopton 1267 YI
- Schopton 1308 BevAct
Etymology
'Briar enclosure' or 'farm where briars grew,' v. heope , tun .The name is of the same origin as Shipton (PN NRY 15) and has the same phonetic history. Cf. also Shaps supra 95.