Shepway

English

Etymology

The name is recorded in 1227 as Shepweye, meaning "route for sheep", and later as Shepway. Equivalent to sheep +‎ way.

Proper noun

Shepway

  1. a suburb in Maidstone, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7753)
  2. the former name for Folkestone and Hythe district in Kent, which was renamed in April 2018
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