A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SHIPLAKE, a village and a parish in Henley district, Oxford. The village stands on an eminence adjacent to the Thames, 1 mile WSW of a station of its own name on the Henley railway, and 3¼ miles S by E of Henley; commands a fine view; and has a postal wallbox under Henley-on-Thames. The parish comprises 2,692 acres. Real property, £4,630. Pop., 621. Houses, 135. S. House is the seat of J. G. Phillimore, Esq.; the Coppice, of Sir J. R. Phillimore; Crowsley Park, of H. Baskerville, Esq.; and Holmwood, of the Hon. Misses Stanley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £150.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church was recently repaired. There are a national school, and charities £13. Granger, the author of the "Biographical History of England,'' was vicar.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shiplake AP/CP Henley RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Shiplake |
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