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.

Shipton

Parish in the County of Gloucestershire

Etymology

There were two parishes, Shipton Oliffe and Shipton Solers which were united in 1776. Shipton Oliffe was largely surrounded by Shipton Solers and the lands of the two parishes were curiously intermixed.

Major Settlements

Other places in this Parish