Shippon

Other current and historical names

Sipene

Built-Up Area: Abingdon
Parish/Community: St Helen Without
District/Borough: Vale of White Horse
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°40'51"N 1°18'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 448031, 198245
OS Grid: SU480982
Mapcode Local: GBR 7YJ.DH8
Mapcode Global: VHCY6.90KR

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Shippon within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Shippon in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Shippon, eccl. dist., Abingdon St Helen par., Berks, on NW. side of Abingdon, pop. 183.

Shippon in the Domesday Book

A village in Hormer hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ednoth the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Abingdon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald of St Helens (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 20 acres

British Place Names

Shippon, Oxfordshire

Shippon is a village in Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Shippon in historic gazetteers

Shippon in the Domesday Book