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.

Sheepcroft Row

Other OS name in the Parish of Woodlands

Historical Forms

  • la Shepcroft 1394 Midd
  • Shepecrofte 1551 Midd
  • Sheep Croft Coppice & Sheep Croft Row 1840 TA

Etymology

, la Shepcroft 1394Midd , Shepecrofte 1551Midd , Sheep Croft Coppice & Sheep Croft Row 1840TA , ' enclosure for sheep ' , from scēap and croft , with rāw ' strip of woodland ' .