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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.

Sheepen Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Colchester

Etymology

. Cf. Shepynlane , Shepynlaneffeld 1550 Pat . ' Cattle-shed , ' v. scipen . See Addenda supra lxii .