Shipley

English

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Shipley

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

enPR: shĭpʹlē, IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪpli/

Proper noun

Shipley

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]
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

References

^ 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.
^ Parish map (Derbyshire)
^ OS: Shropshire
^ Parish map (West Sussex)
^ Parish map (West Yorkshire)

[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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