# Skipwith

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6638).
2. An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States.
3. A habitational surname.

## Etymology
Recorded as Schipwic in the Domesday Book, from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + wīc (“outlying settlement”). The last element was later changed under the influence of Old Norse viðr (“tree; forest, wood”).

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