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Shipham
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English
Etymology
en enm Shepeham, enm Shepehm, via en xno Sipeham, a spelling reinterpretation of en ang *Sċēaphām, from ang sċēap (“sheep”) + ang hām (“homestead”), literally the 'The sheep home'.
Pronunciation
shĭpĕm RP, en /ˈʃɪp.əm/
en LL-Q1860_(eng)-Xavier_hillier-Shipham.wav UK
en ɪpəm 2
Proper noun
en village/and/cpar in co/Somerset cc/England.
References
Eilert Ekwall, *The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names*, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1960.
Christopher Saxton, Map of Somerset, 1575. Digitised by the South West Heritage Trust, Somerset Archive Catalogue: .
Domesday Book entry for Shipham (1086), at Open Domesday, edited by Anna Powell-Smith: .