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.

Sheep Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Rossington

Historical Forms

  • Shepebriges 1476 DoncCrt

Etymology

, 1839TA , Shepebriges 1476DoncCrt 2 , v. scēap , brycg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement