Shipton

English

Proper noun

Shipton (usually uncountable, plural Shiptons)

  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0318). [1]
  3. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district, originally named Hipton from Old English hēope (“fruit”) + tun (Domesday Book, 1086) (OS grid ref SE5558). [2]
    Synonym: Shipton-by-Beningbrough
  4. A small village and civil parish (served by Easthope, Shipton and Stanton Long Parish Council) in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5691). [3]

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Shipton is the 26516th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 920 individuals. Shipton is most common among White (92.17%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Gloucestershire)
  2. ^ Parish map (North Yorkshire)
  3. ^ Parish map (Shropshire)

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