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Skipwith

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6638). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A habitational surname. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Schipwic in the Domesday Book, from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + wīc (“outlying settlement”). The last element was later changed under the influence of Old Norse viðr (“tree; forest, wood”).

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