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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