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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shippen Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barwick in Elmet

Historical Forms

  • Scipene 1086 DB
  • Scypene c.1226 Pont
  • Chipene c.1190 Pont
  • Sipene, Sypene, Sypena 1191 YCh c.1212,1225 Pont
  • Sypana 1238 ib
  • Schipena c.1210 Pont
  • Shepyn 1459 Skyr
  • Skipen 1232 Ch
  • Skepen 1276 RH
  • Shippyn 1456 YDi
  • Shyppon, Shippon 1546,1584 FF 1658 WillS
  • Shippen 1605 FF 1631 BarW

Etymology

'The cattle-shed', v. scypen (cf. dial. shippen ), with ON  sk - occasionally substituted.