Fishwick is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. It is from multiple locations in England, but predominantly from a place now in

Preston Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to: Places England *Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement **The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement **County Boro ...

, Lancashire; other origins are Fishwick in Kingsteignton, Devon, and possibly

Fisherwick Fisherwick is a civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. Located about east of the City of Lichfield, the parish does not include a village, just a scattered collection of farms and houses. The ancient settlement, dating back ...

in Staffordshire. It may also derive from Fishwick in the

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...

People with the surname

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

Tom Fishwick Tom Silvester Fishwick (24 July 1876 – 21 February 1950) was an English cricketer. He was a middle-order right-handed batsman and an occasional wicketkeeper who played first-class cricket for Warwickshire between 1896 and 1909, and captained t ...

(1876–1950), English cricketer

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People with the surname

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