It's the town whose name has been written in so many ways, either because the name of the town/village changed over time, or because someone wrote what they heard... here are a few varieties from census documents, parish records, etc. If you know of more, please add them to the comments.
One thing is clear: there were sheep!
- Shepshed
- Sheepshed
- Sheeps Head
- Shipshred
- Scepeshefede Regis (that's what it was called in the Domesday Book)
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