Shippon
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| Shippon | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 Houses in Shippon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU4898 |
| Location: | 51°40’30"N, 1°18’11"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Oxford |
| Postcode: | OX13 |
| Dialling code: | 01235 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Vale of White Horse |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Oxford West and Abingdon |
Shippon is a village in Berkshire, a mile west of Abingdon. It is a church parish in its own right but the largest village in the civil parish of St Helen Without.
Dalton Barracks are located in the village.
The name of the village is at it seems: a shippon is a cattle-shed. The name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Scipene.[1]
History
Shippon was a manor in the large parish of St Helen's, Abingdon, and was held by Abingdon Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538. It was then acquired by the Duchy of Cornwall, which still owns it.[2]
Shippon became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1865. The parish church of St Mary Magdalene was built in 1855 to a design of Gilbert Scott.[2]
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References
- ↑ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Shippon", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Parishes: St Helen's - A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4
