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.

Cades Top Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Owersby

Historical Forms

  • Sheepfield House 1824 O 1830 Bry

Etymology

is Sheepfield House 1824 O, 1830 Bry , cf. Sheepfield 1721Monson , Sheep Field 1805ib . The later name is presumably from the surn . and note Cadeheuedland 1330Foster ( v. hēafod-land ) .