Shipton Oliffe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Shipton
Historical Forms
- Scip(e)tvne 1086 DB
- Scipton(e) 1212 RBE 1276 RH
- Stiptune (sic) 1185 Templar
- Sipton' 1211–13,1236 Fees
- Sippeton' 1220 ib
- Skipton 1216 ClR
- S(c)hipton(a), Shypton(a) 1221 Bracton 1236 FF 1287 QW 1291 Tax 1715 PR
- -by Wydindone 1328 Misc
- Shipton Olyve 1371 FF 1430 Pat
- S(c)hipton(a) Olyf(f)e 1439 FF 1535 VE
- S(c)hipton(a) Ollieffe 1621 FF
- Schepton' 1221 Ass
- Schepton' Olive 1349 Heref
- Shupton 1354 Ipm
Etymology
'Sheep farm', v. scēap , tūn . On the Ship - form (from WSax scīep ) cf. Shipton Moyne (108supra ). The manor was held by the family of Olive (cf. Thomas Olyve 1347 Glouc and Rudder 656).