Fishwick (surname)

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

• Bert Fishwick (1899–1961), English footballer
• Clifford Fishwick (1923–1997), English painter
• Karen Fishwick (born 1990), Scottish actor and musician
• Marshall Fishwick (1923–2006), American scholar and writer
• Harold Fishwick (born 1891, date of death unknown), English footballer
• Tom Fishwick (1876–1950), English cricketer

See also

• 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

1. 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.