Fishwick (surname)
Appearance
Fishwick is a surname. It is from multiple locations in England, but predominantly from a place now in Preston, Lancashire; other origins are Fishwick in Kingsteignton, Devon, and possibly Fisherwick in Staffordshire.[1] It may also derive from Fishwick in the Scottish Borders.[citation needed]
People with the surname
[edit]- Bert Fishwick (1899–1961), English footballer
- Clifford Fishwick (1923–1997), English painter
- David Fishwick (born 1971), English businessman
- Karen Fishwick (born 1990), Scottish actor and musician
- Marshall Fishwick (1923–2006), American scholar and writer
- Tom Fishwick (1876–1950), English cricketer
See also
[edit]- Fishwick, Preston, Lancashire, England, see Districts of Preston
- Fishwick, Scottish Borders, Scotland
- John Fishwick & Sons, a bus company
- Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 924. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9.