English Explanatory Dictionary

Shepley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Kirkburton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1909).
  3. An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States.

Word forms

Shepley Shepleys

Etymology

From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

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