Shiplake
Shiplake | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | HENLEY-ON-THAMES | |
Postcode district | RG9 | |
Dialling code | 0118 | |
Police | Thames Valley | |
Fire | Oxfordshire | |
Ambulance | South Central | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | Shiplake Villages | |
Shiplake consists of three settlements: Shiplake, Shiplake Cross and Lower Shiplake. Together these villages form a
The largest is Lower Shiplake, centred around
Shiplake Cross is the sporting and community centre of the parish. It consists of just five roads: Memorial Avenue, Orchard Close, Plough Lane, Plowden Way and Schoolfields. It contains the Shiplake Memorial Hall, Shiplake Village Bowling Club (founded 1920) and Shiplake Tennis & Social Club as well as Shiplake CE Primary School and Nursery. Historically, the parish also included Binfield Heath, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the historic Shiplake village. Since 2003 it has been a separate civil parish.
Toponym
The earliest known surviving records of the toponym "Shiplake" are from the 13th century. The Book of Fees records Sciplak in 1236 and the Taxatio Ecclesiastica records Schipelak in 1292. It is derived from Old English and means "stream where sheep were washed".[2] The other supposed origin is a mix of Saxon (Scip=ship) and Danish (Lack= to want or not to possess) 'lack of ships' and may relate to a Viking practice of sinking boats as a cache. Vikings raided the Thames and attacked Reading in 871. The Viking option was [3] preferred by Emily J Climenson in her 1894 tome, 'The History of Shiplake'.
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter and Paul dates from at least the 13th century and is the centre of the Church of England parish of Shiplake. In 1869 the church was restored and enlarged to designs by the Gothic Revival architect GE Street. The chancel, north aisle and parts of the south aisle were rebuilt and the tracery of all its windows were replaced.[4] The church is a Grade II* listed building.[5] In the churchyard is a Gothic Revival shaft cross. It was erected in 1908 as a monument to a member of the Phillimore family. It is Grade II listed.[6]
The church tower has a
Vicar of that pleasant spot, Where it was my chance to marry, Happy, happy be your lot, In the vicarage by the quarry: You were he that knit the knot.[9]
Economic and social history
In 1773 the
In 1889 the author
Amenities
Shiplake has two pubs: The Plough (formerly The Plowden Arms) and The Baskerville. The Plough is located on the A4155 at the junction with Plough Lane, and The Baskerville is located in Lower Shiplake, near the railway station.
Shiplake has a
Primary schooling takes place at Shiplake CE Primary School on Memorial Avenue, a Voluntary Aided
Public transport
- Henley on Thames and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in the other. Buses run twice an hour on weekdays, and once an hour on Saturdays and Sundays.[26]
- Henley on Thames, Wallingford and Oxford in the other. Buses run once an hour from Mondays to Saturdays. There is no Sunday service.[27]
Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta
The
Notable residents
- Barriemore Barlow, former drummer of Jethro Tull, lives in Shiplake.
- Robert Hardy (actor) lived in Harpsden Woods from the 1980s onwards.
- Vince Hill, singer, lives at Lower Shiplake.
- Beatlescontemporary) moved to Shiplake in 1980.
- Henry Constantine Jennings, the antiquarian, was born at Shiplake and on 15 August 1731 was baptised in the parish church.
- Simon Kernick, crime fiction author, lives in Shiplake.
- golfer) moved to Station Road in 2003.
- Gary Moore, rock musician, lived in Shiplake.
- Kenneth More (actor) owned Lock End in Shiplake in the 1950s.
- Shane O'Brien, Gold Medalist at the 1984 games in Los Angeles, rowing for New Zealand, lived in Shiplake and was Deputy Headmaster at Shiplake College.
- George Orwell, author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, lived in Shiplake.
- Ian Paice, drummer of rock band Deep Purple, lives in Shiplake.
- Brian Paterson, creator of Foxwood Tales and Zigby, lives in Shiplake.
- Urs Schwarzenbach, the financier, has one of his houses at Lower Shiplake.
- Saints Peter and Paulparish church.
- Richard Todd (actor) owned Haileywood House (and farm) 1955–67.
- Antony Worrall Thompson, English restaurateur, celebrity chef, television and radio broadcaster lived in Shiplake, and has family connections to the village going back to 1888.[29]
See also
- baronetcycreated in 1881.
- Vanderbilt family
Nearest places
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ Ekwall 1960, Shiplake
- ^ Climenson, Emily J (1894). The History of Shiplake. London. pp. 2–3.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 755–756.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of SS Peter and Paul (Grade II) (1059595)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter and St Paul, cross approximately 80 metres north west (Grade II) (1059596)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ a b Davies, Peter (17 June 2010). "Shiplake SS Peter & Paul". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "St Peter and St. Paul's, Shiplake". November 2017.
- ISBN 1349044385.
- ^ Williams, D. "Finds record for: SUR-5A61E8". The Portable Antiquities Scheme. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ a b Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 757.
- ^ Historic England. "Shiplake House (Grade II) (1059601)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Jerome, Jerome K (1889). "14". Three Men in a Boat. The Literature Network.
- ^ Historic England. "Shiplake College (Grade II) (1059600)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 756–757.
- ^ Shiplake College
- ^ Historic England. "Shiplake College, water tower approximately 90 metres north west (Grade II) (1181367)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
- ^ Shiplake Memorial Hall
- ^ "Shiplake WI". Shiplake Villages. Shiplake Parish Council. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Shiplake and Dunsden Dramatic Organisation". Shiplake Villages. Shiplake Parish Council. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Shiplake Village Bowling Club
- ^ Shiplake Tennis Club
- ^ "About Us | Shiplake CE Primary School". Archived from the original on 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Shiplake College | Independent day & boarding school in Oxfordshire".
- Arriva the Shires. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "river rapids X38 X39 X40" (PDF). Thames Travel. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta
- ^ "...and he blames water firm for floods - Henley Standard".
Bibliography
- ISBN 0198691033.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
- Thacker, Fred S (1968) [1920]. The Thames Highway. Vol. II: Locks and Weirs. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. pp. 132, 247, 253–258, 265, 277, 288, 327. SBN 7153-4233-9.