Coordinates: 51°52′N 1°36′W / 51.86°N 1.60°W
| Shipton-under-Wychwood | |
  Shipton-under-Wychwood
Shipton-under-Wychwood shown within Oxfordshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Parish | Shipton-under-Wychwood |
| District | West Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | OX7 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Witney |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Shipton under Wychwood is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode valley about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burford, Oxfordshire. The village is one of several named after the ancient forest of Wychwood. The others are Milton-under-Wychwood immediately to the west of the village and Ascott-under-Wychwood about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east.
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History
The Church of England parish church of St. Mary has a tower of circa 1200-1250,[1] a 15th century stone pulpit and font[2] and a Tudor wall monument.[2]
The village has two historic public houses: the Shaven Crown Hotel and the Lamb Inn.
The Shaven Crown Hotel[3] overlooking the village green was once a guest house run by the monks of Bruern Abbey. It is claimed to have had a licence since 1384[by whom?] but the present building is mainly 15th century.[4]
The Lamb Inn is 16th century.[5] It is controlled by Greene King Brewery.[6]
William Langland, the conjectured author of Piers Plowman, is known to have been a tenant in Shipton-under-Wychwood where he died.[7]
Shipton Court, the estate of the Lacey family, was built in about 1603.[8]
The architect Richard Pace built Saint Mary's Rectory in 1818.[9]
About 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the village is the farmhouse of Langley, a largely mid-19th century building on the site of a royal hunting lodge built for Henry VII. Most of the Tudor monarchs stayed there when hunting in the Wychwood Forest.[4]
Amenities
Wychwood Church of England Primary School is in the village.
Shipton railway station is on the Cotswold Line.
Shipton-under-Wychwood Cricket Club[10] first XI plays in The Oxford Times Cherwell League[11] Division One and won the National Village Knockout in 2002 and 2003. The club's second XI plays in The Oxford Times Cherwell League Division Five.
Shipton-under-Wychwood is on the Oxfordshire Way footpath, and this can be used to walk north-westwards up the Evenlode Valley to Bruern Abbey and Bledington, or eastwards down the valley to Charlbury.
Sources
- H.M. Colvin (1997). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 764. ISBN 0-300-07207-4.
- Godden, Malcolm (1990). The Making of Piers Plowman. London: Longman. ISBN 0582016851.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 758–760. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
References
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 758
- ^ a b Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 759
- ^ Shaven Crown Hotel
- ^ a b Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 760
- ^ English Country Inns webpage for The Lamb Inn
- ^ Greene King website for the Lamb Inn
- ^ Godden, 1990, page not cited
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, pages 759-760
- ^ Colvin, 1997, page 764
- ^ Shipton-under-Wychwood Cricket Club
- ^ Cherwell Cricket League
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