Shipton-under-Wychwood
Shipton-under-Wychwood | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Chipping Norton | |
Postcode district | OX7 | |
Dialling code | 01993 | |
Police | Thames Valley | |
Fire | Oxfordshire | |
Ambulance | South Central | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | Shipton-u-Wychwood | |
Shipton-under-Wychwood is a village and
Manors
Langley
About 2 miles (3 km) southeast of the village is the farmhouse of Langley, a largely mid-19th-century building. It is on the site of a royal
Lacey
Shipton Court, the estate of the Lacey family, was built in about 1603[6] but sold to Sir Compton Reade in 1663. It passed down in the Reade family until 1868 when, on the death of Sir John Reade, it was left to his footman Joseph Wakefield, on condition that he took the name Reade.[7]
Parish church
The
Sports teams
Shipton-under-Wychwood Cricket Club
Founded in 1920,[11] Shipton-under-Wychwood Cricket Club[12] First XI plays in The Home Counties Premier League, and the Second, Third and Fourth XI play in The Oxford Times Cherwell League.[13] The men's first 11 won The National Village Knockout, with the final played at Lord's, in 2002 and 2003.[14] Oscar-winning film director Sam Mendes played in the team that lost in the final of the Knockout in 1997 [15] The First XI won the National Village Knockout at Lords in 2002 and 2003, and was runner-up in 1997 and 2010. It was also Oxfordshire Team of the Year in 2011 after its trip to Lords, winning the Cherwell League title, and winning both the premier Oxfordshire Twenty 20 Competitions, all within 12 months.[16] The club launched its first Ladies team in 2014, after several successful seasons running girls' sides.[citation needed]The Women's first 11 won the Oxfordshire Ladies Championship in 2015.[17]
Economic and social history
Amenities
Shipton railway station is on the Cotswold Line. Shipton-under-Wychwood is on the Oxfordshire Way footpath, which can be used to walk north-westwards up the Evenlode Valley to Bruern Abbey and Bledington, or eastwards down the valley to Charlbury.
References
- ^ "Area: Shipton-under-Wychwood (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ a b Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 760.
- ^ John Nichols, The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities, of King James the First, vol. 1 (London, 1828), p. 529.
- ^ Macnamara 1895, p. 198.
- ^ Roskell, Clarke & Rawcliffe 1992, pp. 747–748.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 759–760.
- ^ "Walled kitchen gardens in West Oxfordshire - Shipton Court". Oxfordshire Gardens Trust. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 758.
- ^ a b Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 759.
- ^ Colvin 1997, p. 764.
- ^ "Club History | Shipton-Under-Wychwood Cricket Club | Chipping Norton". suwcc. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ Shipton-under-Wychwood Cricket Club
- ^ Cherwell Cricket League
- ^ "Club History | Shipton-Under-Wychwood Cricket Club | Chipping Norton". suwcc. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ Lynch, Steven (18 April 2000). "Village cricketer wins Oscar". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "AWARDS: Shipton are team of the year". Oxford Mail. Newsquest. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Oxfordshire Cricket Board - News - Shipton-Under-Wychwood Ladies Triumph in Final!". www.oxfordshire.cricket. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ Godden 1990, p. not cited.
- ^ Shaven Crown Hotel
- ^ English Country Inns webpage for The Lamb Inn
- ^ Greene King website for the Lamb Inn
Sources
- ISBN 0-300-07207-4.
- Godden, Malcolm (1990). The Making of Piers Plowman. London: ISBN 0-582-01685-1.
- Macnamara, Francis Nottidge (1895). Memorials of the Danvers Family. London: Hardy and Page. p. 198.
- Roskell, J.S.; Clarke, Linda; Rawcliffe, Carole, eds. (1992). "Danvers, John". House of Commons 1386–1421. Alan Sutton Publishing. pp. 747–748.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; ISBN 0-14-071045-0.