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.

Shap Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Shappe graunge 1553 RecAcct
  • the Gra(i)nge 1600,1693 PR
  • Shap(p) Gra(i)nge 1734,1738 PR 1823 M

Etymology

Shap Grange (lost), Shappe graunge 1553RecAcct , the Gra (i )nge 1600, 1693 PR, Shap (p ) Gra (i )nge 1734, 1738 PR, 1823 M. v. grange , a grange of Shap Abbey.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement