Skipton

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Skipton

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From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Skiptons

countable, uncountable A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).
countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.
countable, uncountable A town in the Shire of Corangamite and the Shire of Pyrenees, south western Victoria, Australia

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"Skipton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/skipton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Skipton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/skipton

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"Skipton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/skipton.

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@misc{skipton_2026,
  title = {Skipton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skipton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}