Shipley

//ˈʃɪpli// name

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  1. 1
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4444).
  2. 2
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Eglingham parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1416).
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Claverley parish, south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO8095).
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1421).
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States.
  2. 7
    A hamlet near Blackheath, City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. 8
    A habitational surname from Old English

Etymology

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

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