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Shipley
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English
Etymology
From en ang scēap sheep + ang lēah meadow, field, pasture, thus a field for grazing sheep; equivalent to en sheep -leigh -ley.The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society Victor Watts; John Insley; Margaret Gelling 2004 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 9780521168557 SHIPLEY. Compare en Gateley goat en lea.
Pronunciation
shĭpʹlē, en /ˈʃɪpli/
Proper noun
en number of places cc/England:
en village/and/cpar in dist/Amber Valley co/Derbyshire OS grid ref SK4444. Parish map (Derbyshire)
en hamlet par/Eglingham co/Northumberland OS grid ref NU1416.
en hamlet par/Claverley south-east co/Shropshire OS grid ref SO8095. OS: Shropshire
en village/and/cpar in dist/Horsham co/West Sussex OS grid ref TQ1421. Parish map (West Sussex)
en town/and/cpar with a town council in the metbor/Bradford co/West Yorkshire cc/England. Parish map (West Yorkshire)
en ucomm co/Yamhill County s/Oregon c/USA.
en hamlet near town/Blackheath city:Pref/Blue Mountains s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en habitational Old English
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