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.

Sheepcote Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Harrow

Historical Forms

  • field called Longshoyte al. Shipe Cotefelde (sic) 1548 Pat
  • Shipcott ferme 1682 MxRec
  • Sheepcote 1800 EnclA

Etymology

Sheepcote Fm is field called Longshoyte al. Shipe Cotefelde (sic)1548 Pat, Shipcott ferme 1682MxRec , Sheepcote 1800 EnclA.The alternative 16th-century name is a compound of 'long' and sceat, 'corner, angle,' v. infra 203.