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.

Ship Dene

Other OS name in the Parish of Grindon

Historical Forms

  • Ship Dean early19th Lond

Etymology

, Ship Dean early 19thLond , probably OE  scēap ( ONb scīp ) ' sheep ' + denu .