Skipwith
village · North Yorkshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Skipwith is an Old English place name, likely meaning 'sheep farm'. It refers to a settlement or farmstead where sheep were kept.
Word origins
- Skip
- Old Englishsheep(from scip "ship")
- with
- Old Englishwood, forest(from wið "wood, forest")
Historical forms
Scipwic · Scipwith