Shipley

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Shipley

/ˈʃɪpli/

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

proper noun

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

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@misc{shipley_2026,
  title = {Shipley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shipley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}