Shipley

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Etymology

From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“meadow, field, pasture”), thus a field for grazing sheep; equivalent to sheep +‎ -ley.[1] Compare Gateley (literally “goat lea”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Shipley

  1. A number of places in England:
    1. A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4444). [2]
    2. A hamlet in Eglingham parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1416).
    3. A hamlet in Claverley parish, south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO8095). [3]
    4. A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1421). [4]
    5. A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. [5]
  2. An unincorporated community in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States.
  3. A hamlet near Blackheath, City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English

References

  1. ^ Victor Watts, John Insley, Margaret Gelling, editors (2004), “SHIPLEY”, in The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
  2. ^ Parish map (Derbyshire)
  3. ^ OS: Shropshire
  4. ^ Parish map (West Sussex)
  5. ^ Parish map (West Yorkshire)
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