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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shipman Knotts

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Sheipmantop(p)e 1578 Comm

Etymology

, 1865 OS , Sheipmantop (p )e 1578Comm , ME shepman ' shepherd ' ( cf. Thuresson 63 ) , knǫttr ' rocky hilltop ' , topp ' hilltop ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name