Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Shopwyke

Early-attested site in the Parish of Oving

Historical Forms

Sepewica t.Steph France

Schepwich 1187 P

S(c)hapewyke early13th Box 1212 Fees72

Shopwick 1720 MarC

Shopweek 1724 B

Etymology

' Sheep-farm,' v. sceap , wic 2 . v. Introd. xxvii.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Oving