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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")