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.

Shipley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Shipley

Historical Forms

  • Scapeleia 1073 France
  • Scapuleia c.1080,a.1096 Sele
  • Sepelei 1086 DB
  • Shepele, Shepeleye 1235 FF 1509 LP
  • Sheple 1400 IpmR 1428 FA
  • Sapele 1194 P
  • Shepisle 1267 FF
  • Shepesle 1312 Cl
  • Shipele 1312 Cl

Etymology

OE  scēapalēage (dat.), 'sheep-clearing,' v. sceap , leah .