Coordinates: 51°52′N 1°36′W / 51.86°N 1.60°W
| Shipton-under-Wychwood | |
  Shipton-under-Wychwood shown within Oxfordshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Parish | Shipton-under-Wychwood |
| District | West Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | OX7 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European 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 and a 15th century vaulted porch. It has a 15th century stone pulpit and font and a Tudor wall monument.[1]
The village has two historic public houses: the Shaven Crown Hotel and the Lamb Inn.
The Shaven Crown Hotel[2] 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.[3]
The Lamb Inn is 16th century.[4] It is controlled by Greene King Brewery.[5]
William Langland, the conjectured author of Piers Plowman, is known to have been a tenant in Shipton-under-Wychwood where he died.[6]
Shipton Court, the estate of the Lacey family, was built in about 1603.[7]
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.[8]
Amenities
Wychwood Church of England Primary School is in the village.
Shipton railway station is on the Cotswold Line.
Shipton-under-Wychwood Cricket Club[9] first XI plays in The Oxford Times Cherwell League[10] 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.
References
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 758-759. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
- ^ Shaven Crown Hotel
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 760. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
- ^ English Country Inns webpage for The Lamb Inn
- ^ Greene King website for the Lamb Inn
- ^ Godden, Malcolm (1990). The Making of Piers Plowman. London: Longman. ISBN 0582016851.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 759-760. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 760. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
- ^ Shipton-under-Wychwood Cricket Club
- ^ Cherwell Cricket League
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