Shiphay
50°28′48″N 3°33′47″W / 50.480°N 3.563°W
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Shiphay is a district in the north of
The name is said[by whom?] to be from Saxon origin, meaning "sheep enclosure", the original hamlet being at the boundary of the sheep rearing lands of Torre Abbey. The area itself has also been a pig farm and a quarry. Until after World War I it was a small hamlet, so small that it did not even rate a mention in the Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831.
The oldest properties in the district are the thatched cottages in Water Lane, several of which had connections with smugglers. Shiphay Manor, seat of the Kitson family is described in a separate article.
Shiphay is a more affluent area of Torbay with a higher-than-average level of professional, married, and well-educated individuals[citation needed].