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Shipley Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ratcliffe on the Wreake

Historical Forms

  • Shiply Hill c.1790 Plan

Etymology

, 1837Valuation , 1846, 1863, 1877 White , 1925 Kelly , Shiply Hill c.1790Plan , v. lēah ; it is uncertain whether Shipley is a late reflex of Sharpley in f. ns . ( b ) ; if not , its first el . is scēp ' sheep ' .