Shipley, Sussex
| Shipley | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Church of St. Mary the Virgin | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ144219 |
| Location: | 50°59’7"N, 0°22’15"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,147 (2011) |
| Post town: | Horsham |
| Postcode: | RH13 |
| Dialling code: | 01403 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Horsham |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Horsham |
Shipley is a village in the north of Sussex, found just off the A272 road six miles north-east of Storrington.
Shipley is first mentioned in a charter of 1073 as Scapeleia, and in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sepelei. The name derives from the Old English sceap ('sheep') and leag ('open ground, such as meadow, pasture, or arable land'). Thus it means 'sheep-clearing' or 'sheep-pasture'.[1]
The western River Adur flows through the village, where it meets a significant tributary, Lancing Brook.
Shipley was home to the Victorian poet Hilaire Belloc[2] who in 1906 bought Kings Land, with a house, five acres and Shipley Windmill, which was used in the television series Jonathan Creek as Creek's home.[3]
The churchyard of St Mary the Virgin is the burial place of composer John Ireland.[4][5]
Hamlets
Other villages located in the parish include:
Brooks Green
- Broomer's Corner
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References
- ↑ The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society, ed. by Victor Watts (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. SHIPLEY.
- ↑ Schoolnet on Belloc
- ↑ Shipley Windmill
- ↑ "The John Ireland Companion - Lewis Foreman - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I4LxscBzNLYC&pg=PA53. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ↑ "Shipley Church Photos, Sussex". Gravelroots.net. http://www.gravelroots.net/churches/shipley.html. Retrieved 31 January 2016.