The story
From the Old English personal name *Sċeaft, a byname from sċeaft (“shaft”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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Skeffington
Today it means: A village and civil parish of Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK739025). Full definition →