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.

Shifford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Shifford

Historical Forms

  • Scipford, (to) Scypforda 1005 Eynsh late12th
  • Scipford 1086 DB 1109,1254 Eynsh
  • Scipfort 1091 Eynsh
  • Scipford' 1151–73 Eynsh
  • Schiford' 1159–62 Eynsh 1426 Eynsh
  • Sipford 1197–8 Eynsh 1278–9 RH
  • Sippford 1285 Ass
  • Shipford 1199 FF
  • Schipford 1240–1 Ass
  • Schipford' 1246–7 Ass
  • Sibford' 1242–3 Fees
  • Scheford' 1268 Ass
  • Shifford' 1268 Ass
  • Shyfforde c.1360 Eynsh
  • Sifford 1285 Ass

Etymology

'Sheep ford,' v. scē(a)p, ford .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name