Shopwyke
hamlet · West Sussex
Old EnglishAI-generated
Shopwyke probably means 'sheep farm or settlement'. It combines the Old English 'scēap' (sheep) with 'wīc' (dwelling, farmstead, village).
Word origins
- Shop-
- Old Englishsheep(from scēap "sheep")
- wyke
- Old Englishdwelling, farmstead, village(from wīc "dwelling, farmstead, village")