Shopland
| Shopland | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Cottage near Butler's Farm | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ898882 |
| Location: | 51°33’39"N, 0°44’13"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Rochford |
| Postcode: | SS4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rochford |
Shopland is a hamlet by Sutton in Essex, found two miles south-east of Rochford and a similar distance north-east of the centre of Southend-on-Sea.
The parish church suffered damage during the Second World War and was subsequently demolished in 1957.
History
The name Shopland means "island with a shed", coming from the Old English word sceoppa meaning a shop, booth or shed.[1] The name appears as Scopingland in a list of c. 1000 AD of the manors of St Paul's Cathedral held at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (MS. 383), and as Scopiland in Feet of Fines records from 1208.[2]
In the Domesday Book of 1086 the manor is listed as Scopelanda. It formed an estate or manor owned by Eustace, Count of Boulogne.[3]
No church or priest is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but the manor of Shopland came to be a parish. Its parish church, dedicated to Mary Magdalene, was built in the 13th century, and stood to the north-east of the manor house of Shopland Hall.[4][5] The northern boundary of the parish was the River Roach.[6]
Shopland's church became dilapidated in the first half of the 20th century. The final service was held there in 1940. A land mine exploded 150 yards from the building during the Second World War, and other bombs exploded nearby, further weakening the structure. The building was not repaired and it was eventually demolished in 1957.[7]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Shopland". University of Nottingham. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Essex/Shopland.
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 419 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ Shopland in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Essex Sheet LXXVIII". Ordnance Survey. 1880. https://maps.nls.uk/view/102342026.
- ↑ "Rectory sale to save church: Fate of 13th century structure - Priest as builder". Daily Chronicle (London): p. 5. 30 October 1928. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0005049%2F19281030&page=5.
- ↑ Template:Rchme
- ↑ Kirton, Richard (September 2012). "Church of St Mary Magdalen, Shopland". http://www.barlingwakeringvillages.co.uk/heritage/stmarymagdalen.html.