Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHIPLAKE

SHIPLAKE, a village and a parish in Henley district, Oxford. The village stands on an eminence adjacent to the Thames, 1 mile WSW of a station of its own name on the Henley railway, and 3¼ miles S by E of Henley; commands a fine view; and has a postal wallbox under Henley-on-Thames. The parish comprises 2,692 acres. Real property, £4,630. Pop., 621. Houses, 135. S. House is the seat of J. G. Phillimore, Esq.; the Coppice, of Sir J. R. Phillimore; Crowsley Park, of H. Baskerville, Esq.; and Holmwood, of the Hon. Misses Stanley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £150.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church was recently repaired. There are a national school, and charities £13. Granger, the author of the "Biographical History of England,'' was vicar.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Shiplake AP/CP       Henley RegD/PLU       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Shiplake

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