Shepway

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    a suburb in Maidstone, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7753)
  2. 2
    the former name for Folkestone and Hythe district in Kent, which was renamed in April 2018

Etymology

The name is recorded in 1227 as Shepweye, meaning "route for sheep", and later as Shepway. Equivalent to sheep + way.

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