# Shakerley

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A suburban area near Tyldesley, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6902).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English scēacere (“robber, thief”) (from Proto-West Germanic *skākārī) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shakerley