Shipham

S1H4I1P3H4A1M3
UK/ˈʃɪp.əm/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England.

OriginMiddle English Shepeham ← Anglo-Norman Sipeham ← Old English *Sċēaphām →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England.

Origin

  1. Old English*Sċēaphām
  2. Anglo-NormanSipeham
  3. Middle EnglishShepeham
  4. EnglishShipham

Inherited from Middle English Shepeham, Shepehm, via Anglo-Norman Sipeham, a spelling reinterpretation of Old English *Sċēaphām, from sċēap (“sheep”) + hām (“homestead”), literally the 'The sheep home'.

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