English Explanatory Dictionary

Shipley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

shĭpʹlē /ˈʃɪpli/

Word forms

Shipley

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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