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.

Sheep Combe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Findon

Historical Forms

Sicumba 1073 France

Schypcumbe 1261 Ass 1400 IpmR

Schipecumb 1296 SR

Shipcombland 1477 Sele

Etymology

Self-explanatory, v. sceap , cumb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Findon