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.

Shephall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Shephall

Historical Forms

  • Escepehale 1086 DB
  • Sepehalle 1077–93 Gesta
  • Sepehale 1152–3 BMFacs
  • Scephale 12th Gesta
  • Shephale 1146–51 1428 FA
  • Schephale, Schepehale, Shepehale, Chepehale 1428 FA
  • Shepehalle 1536 MinAcct
  • Shepholde 1571 Cai

Etymology

'Corner of land where sheep were pastured,' v. healh .